Walk on (This Way) by Joel Nellis and Jake Kocorowski (2016, Hardcover) online kaufen

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PublisherKCI Sports Publishing

ISBN-101940056330

ISBN-139781940056333

eBay Product ID (ePID)13038775803

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Book TitleWalk on (This Way)

TopicGeneral

Publication Year2016

LanguageEnglish

GenreSports & Recreation

AuthorJoel Nellis, Jake Kocorowski

FormatHardcover

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SynopsisUniversity of Wisconsin football has enjoyed a renaissance over the past 25 years due in large part to the hiring of Barry Alvarez as head coach in 1990. Alvarez's initial blueprint for rebuilding the abysmal UW program, which had won only six games between 1987- 89, included utilizing walk-ons student-athletes who initially play without an athletic scholarship to bolster his depleted roster. Four short years later the Badgers won their first-ever Rose Bowl by beating UCLA, 21-16, with two former walk-ons Joe Panos and Jeff Wirth - serving as team captains. Walk-On This Way highlights the contributions made by the "undersized, underdeveloped and under recruited" players that have played a vital role in the success of Wisconsin football's 206 wins and six Rose Bowl appearances since 1990, featuring first person accounts and over 100 interviews with former players and coaches. Walk-On This Way provides Wisconsin fans with the stories of the unheralded and underappreciated playe