Football:
A Memoir
by
Bernard Mendillo
published
by Bernard Mendillo, 2011
ebook ISBN: 978-1-61397-681-4
Most
of us have something we look forward to when the work week is done.
Some hobby that captures our attention, takes us out of the everyday
grind and provides entertainment and activity and just plain fun.
For Bernie Mendillo, that was football.
Some
sports fans are watchers. They appreciate the game from afar,
rooting for their teams, of course, but still somewhat removed from
the hard hits, the cold weather and the field dynamics. While
Bernie and family were big fans, right there in front of the TV for
the big games of their football heroes, they weren't just couch
potatoes. The need to play was visceral.
They
were so into football that they created their own league,