G O A T Football Running Backs

"Running backs like Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith, and Gale Sayers are legendary NFL players. Explore the careers of the NFL's top 10 running backs and use what you learn to create your own G.O.A.T. list"--

Running backs like Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith, and Gale Sayers are legendary NFL players. Explore the careers of the NFL's top 10 running backs and use what you learn to create your own G.O.A.T. list.

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.

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Profiles eighteen of the greatest running backs of all time.