100 Greatest Running Backs

In this book, Martin Gitlin has ranked the 100 greatest American athletes across all sports, from football and baseball to the decathlon and skateboarding. Taken into consideration are the athletes’ achievements, mental toughness, versatility, athleticism, and overall impact on their sport.

They?re the best the NFL has ever seen! This title introduces the NFL?s biggest stars, past and present. Readers of all levels will be drawn in by easy-to-read stories, quick-hit sidebars and high-impact photos that tell each player?s story. With spotlight stats, info boxes, a glossary, additional resources, and more, this series is jam-packed with information fit for any football fan. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

"Describes the careers of twenty-five of the greatest NFL running backs"--

This unique volume by a veteran sports journalist, with firsthand interviews of some of the premier running backs ever, make this collection the definitive guide to the position.

Lightning-quick moves. Speed. Tenacity. Power. These are just some of the qualities of football's greatest running backs. All ten of the players (Jerome Bettis, Jim Brown, Eric Dickerson, Tony Dorsett, Franco Harris, Curtis Martin, Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, LaDainian Tomlinson) in this book have left their mark on the sport of football. Some are Super Bowl champions while others are record-holders. From yesterday's heroes to today's stars, author Barry Wilner lists ten of the greatest running backs to have ever played football.