Montana

FICHA:

Autor: Keith Dunnavant

Editorial: Thomas Dunne Books

Género: Biografía

Páginas: 326

Joe Montana fue uno de los principales jugadores de la NFL en los años 80 y 90 del siglo pasado. Aunque muchas personas lo consideraban una mera extensión del entrenador Bill Walsh, Montana era mucho más que un quarterback de Walsh. En el presente libro Keith Dunnavant presenta la evolución de Montana desde sus inicios en Pensilvania, su etapa de jugador universitario en Notre Damme y su carrera profesional en la Liga Nacional de Fútbol, tanto con los San Francisco 49ers, como con los Kansas City Chiefs. A lo largo de la obra el autor presenta la evolución en el terreno de juego y la faceta deportista del jugador, como su faceta personal y el desarrollo de su personalidad. Mantiene un relato coherente insertando citas de otras personas que influyeron en la vida de Montana, bien como jugadores/entrenadores o familiares/amigos, así como citas propias del protagonista. La primera parte de la vida del quarterback está bien hilvanada y supone casi un tercio de la obra, siendo la inmensa mayoría del libro su carrera profesional en la NFL. La parte final del libro, tras su marcha a Kansas City, quizá es demasiado breve, echando el lector en falta un centenar de páginas más que nivelasen toda la obra.

SINOPSIS DE LA EDITORIAL:

In Montana, acclaimed author Keith Dunnavant sketches the definitive portrait of a man who repeatedly defied the odds, on and off the field. While leading the San Francisco 49ers to four Super Bowl championships over a nine-year period, establishing a new standard for passing efficiency, and twice earning the league's Most Valuable Player award, Montana became the signature quarterback of the 1980s and one of the greatest ever to play the game. Overcoming his own limitations, which caused him to be underrated coming out of Notre Dame, he quickly mastered Bill Walsh's West Coast Offense, and thereby, helped reinvent offensive football. But it was rarely easy. Like the rallies he so often produced, his life was filled with the sort of tension that made his journey seem routinely dramatic: The father who pushed him. The high school coach who challenged his commitment. The college coach who very nearly squandered him. The back surgery that almost ended his career. The younger athlete who tried to take his job. Rich an anecdotal detail, insight and context, Montana is a powerful story about a man who was defined by his intense competitiveness, and how this intangibly helped him become one of the ionic figures in football history.