Payton (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Mark Sufrin
- First Published: 1988
- Time of Work: 1954–1988
- Setting: Mississippi and Chicago
- Principal Characters: Walter Payton, Eddie Payton, Robert Hill, Gayle Sayers, Jim Brown, O. J. Simpson, Mike Ditka
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: African Americans, Family or family life, Higher education, Athletes, Sports, Biography, Football, Sportsmanship
- Locales: Chicago, IL, Mississippi
Form and Content
Mark Sufrin’s Payton opens by showing a great football player at the height of his career, recapturing the tension that developed as Walter Payton approached Jim Brown’s National Football League (NFL) record for most rushing yardage in a lifetime. Sufrin describes the combination of physical abilities and traits of character that accounted for Payton’s success. Payton’s abilities and limitations as a football player are compared in some detail with those of Jim Brown, Gayle Sayers, and O. J. Simpson, his chief rivals for the title of greatest...
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