Jonathan rand author biography for books
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Rand, Jonathan 1947-
PERSONAL: Born 1947. Education: University of Missouri, master’s degree.
CAREER: Journalist and writer. Former sportswriter and columnist in Kansas City, MO, and at the Miami News, Miami, FL; also former staff member of the Columbian Missouri.
WRITINGS
So Ditka Says to Buddy—: The Greatest Football Stories Ever Told, Chamberlain Bros. (New York, NY), 2005.
300 Pounds of Attitude: The Wildest Stories and Craziest Characters the NFL Has Ever Seen, Lyons Press (Guilford, CT), 2006.
SIDELIGHTS: A longtime sports writer and columnist, Jonathan Rand has also written books about the National Football League and its players and coaches. In 300 Pounds of Attitude: The Wildest Stories and Craziest Characters the NFL Has Ever Seen, Rand relates numerous anecdotes about some of the National Football League’s most well-known and, in some cases, most outrageous players and personalities. For example, he relates the exploits of Tim Rossovich, a 1960s’ NFL player who was known to eat almost everything, from glass to cigarettes, and tells of the many pranks that former NFL quarterback Steve De-Berg liked to play on his teammates and coaches. The author also includes stories about more recent players, such as the trash talking that goes on between q
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