The Quarterback ClubThe Quarterback Club, a novel, is about an elite football booster club supporting a disastrous fictional college football team. Miles has his own concerns another members wife seduces him, he mentions the secret Church Fund to the wrong person and, when a woman attempts to join the all-male Club, is tabbed to try and save it from self-destruction. ISBN: 1-4208-4269-2 Order, paperback, from: AuthorHouse, Amazon, Google or major book store chains. |
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Page 17
... Frye , Miles ' dentist and fellow Quarterback Club member . " A few more inches and that Winder kid of yours would have been a hero for life . ” " Just not to be , Owen . I guess we can start the old ' wait ' til next year ' chant ...
... Frye , Miles ' dentist and fellow Quarterback Club member . " A few more inches and that Winder kid of yours would have been a hero for life . ” " Just not to be , Owen . I guess we can start the old ' wait ' til next year ' chant ...
Page 18
... Frye ranted . " Couldn't agree more , " Miles said . Frye was folding the wool blanket he and Alice always sat on to cushion their butts from the wooden plank seats . Miles thought that wrapping the blanket around both their bodies ...
... Frye ranted . " Couldn't agree more , " Miles said . Frye was folding the wool blanket he and Alice always sat on to cushion their butts from the wooden plank seats . Miles thought that wrapping the blanket around both their bodies ...
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... Frye looked shocked . Doc's pipe was in his hand . Alice was frowning . “ Well , I'll be damned , " Doc finally said , pulling off his stocking cap . " I never thought I'd see the day somebody would pull a stunt like that . " " I hope ...
... Frye looked shocked . Doc's pipe was in his hand . Alice was frowning . “ Well , I'll be damned , " Doc finally said , pulling off his stocking cap . " I never thought I'd see the day somebody would pull a stunt like that . " " I hope ...
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... Frye , always seeming to agree with you even when you knew he did not . Miles suspected Hawkins hired Clark because he would be easier to control than a big name coach . Maybe Henderson felt the same way . Both were on the search ...
... Frye , always seeming to agree with you even when you knew he did not . Miles suspected Hawkins hired Clark because he would be easier to control than a big name coach . Maybe Henderson felt the same way . Both were on the search ...
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Page 127 - Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door, Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore.
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Page 28 - It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that counts.
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Page 266 - He quickly put them back in the envelope and stuck it in his shirt pocket. He had accomplished nothing that morning and knew that he would accomplish nothing the rest of the day.