The Boys from Old Florida: Inside Gator Nation - Softcover

Buddy Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1596702826 ISBN 13: 9781596702820

Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC, 2007

Synopsis

In The Boys From Old Florida, Buddy Martin takes the reader beneath the surface of Florida football as, without bias or sugar coating, he skillfully excavates the truths behind "The Gator Nation."In this book, Martin, a Florida native, has chronicled the real stories of Gator coaches and players through their own eyes and in their words over a 55-year period since 1950-and not all are valentines. All but one of the coaches interviewed were asked to leave or move up by the school. Some players became estranged or never really felt appreciated. Yet, others are forever grateful for their experience as Gator players and feel a sense of brotherhood.Liberating moments such as the arrival of Ray Graves come to life through the words of some-body who experienced it firsthand. Martin's fresh investigations have bolstered his sharp memory of those moments as they unfolded, including Graves' firing after a fairy-tale season with his "Super Sophs."

About this title

About the Author:

Buddy Martin is a veteran journalist who has won more than 100 awards for his writing and editing in newspapers and magazines. The Florida native’s distin-guished career has been highlighted by versatility and achievement of excellence, from his current post with the Charlotte Sun, to the St. Petersburg Times, Florida Today, New York Daily News, and Denver Post. He appears regularly on radio in Ocala-Gainesville and Denver, and he won an Emmy Award for his work at CBS Sports in the early 1990s. Buddy is also the co-founder and co-director of The Sports Journalism Summit at Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1596702826
• ISBN 13: 9781596702820
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 259