Quarterback Gamble
- ISBN-10
- 0525379401
- ISBN-13
- 9780525379409
- Category
- Football stories
- Pages
- 137
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1973-06-01
- Publisher
- Dutton Childrens Books
- Author
- William Campbell Gault
Description
No one believed Jug Elroy had the makings of a professional football player except the coach of the AFL Chicago Miners who gambled with Jug as a first-string quarterback in his rookie year.
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