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A sports classic, Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap's Instant Replay takes readers inside the 1967 season of the Green Bay Packers, following that storied team from training camp to their dramatic victory in Super Bowl II.
 
Candid and often amusing, Jerry Kramer describes from a player’s perspective a bygone era…

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A perfect counterpart to Plimpton’s book, Jerry Kramer’s gritty account of gridiron trench warfare arrived two years later and is considered the first “adult” book about football for its inside look at a season that culminated in an NFL championship. It may read like Neanderthal times, but it’s almost more fascinating than today’s game.

This book fed America’s hunger for a story about what goes on in the locker rooms and playing fields—particularly those of legendary coach Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers.    

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