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 28
... golf and enjoying the sights and sounds of the casinos . He patted the slight paunch hanging over his belt . At five feet ten he should have lost at least ten pounds to surprise Jack , but the thought of working out with weights or ...
... golf and enjoying the sights and sounds of the casinos . He patted the slight paunch hanging over his belt . At five feet ten he should have lost at least ten pounds to surprise Jack , but the thought of working out with weights or ...
Page 39
... think I've got any clout with the athletic department , you're sadly mistaken . ” " You got something against playing golf with a football coach ? " 8 ́iles ' eyes were glazed after driving six hours 39 The Quarterback Club.
... think I've got any clout with the athletic department , you're sadly mistaken . ” " You got something against playing golf with a football coach ? " 8 ́iles ' eyes were glazed after driving six hours 39 The Quarterback Club.
Page 42
... golf and parties . Sammy the bartender handed Miles a Bloody Mary ; he knew what most of the regulars drank . Selling liquor by the drink in the county was legal only at private clubs and the Windemeyer Club certainly qualified . " What ...
... golf and parties . Sammy the bartender handed Miles a Bloody Mary ; he knew what most of the regulars drank . Selling liquor by the drink in the county was legal only at private clubs and the Windemeyer Club certainly qualified . " What ...
Page 58
... golf shots with Jack Allison and maybe Bryson James . He recalled that James was small as major college quarterbacks go , so he must have been a tough , gutsy guy , and he did help Northwestern win a few games . So what harm in playing ...
... golf shots with Jack Allison and maybe Bryson James . He recalled that James was small as major college quarterbacks go , so he must have been a tough , gutsy guy , and he did help Northwestern win a few games . So what harm in playing ...
Page 59
... golf clubs and suitcase into the trunk of his white Mercedes convertible and Miles tossed his sports coat into the back seat and flopped into the passenger seat . Is this the life or what ? he thought , adjusting his sunglasses and ...
... golf clubs and suitcase into the trunk of his white Mercedes convertible and Miles tossed his sports coat into the back seat and flopped into the passenger seat . Is this the life or what ? he thought , adjusting his sunglasses and ...
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Adriane Garrison Adriane's athletic department Bannister Betsy Blanton's Bloody Mary Board Bryson James chair Christmas Party Church Fund coaching job contribute Decker Bartholomew director dollars Drucker Edgerton eyes feathers firebombing football football program Frye game film George Castleman glass Glenlivet golf hair hand head Irv Rosen Jack Allison Jeff Jim Henderson John Hawkins Johnnie kids Landeau Las Vegas Lois look Lou Clark lunch MacDonald Marcello membership Middlewest Miles asked Miles Hefflin Miles knew Miles thought Miles wondered morning NCAA okay Osgood press conference Quarterback Club members Quoth the Ravens Roger Jamison scholarship Scotch Scott Dunbar season seat Sherman Jackson smile someone Spider Webb sure talk tell Thanks thing told turned Vegas vote walked What's wife Williamsport Quarterback Club Windemeyer Club winning Winston Wittingham women Woody Woody's
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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.
Page 10 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, ' Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,' I said, ' art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !' Quoth the Raven :
Page 28 - It's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game that counts.
Page 101 - I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that as far as the sea is concerned, it's no problem. I can part those waters as clean as a whistle with a flick of my finger.
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.