Football's Top 10 Quarterbacks

Description: Who are the best passers in football? What does it take to be one of football's top ten quarterbacks? Touchdowns. Yardage. Completions. Accuracy. From Johnny Unitas to Peyton Manning, author Barry Wilner has listed the ten greatest quarterbacks of both yesterday and today.

Review Quotes: Fun for sports fans who love statistics, the "Top 10 Sports Stars" series reports on outstanding players in baseball, football, and basketball. After a brief introduction explaining the team position and reviewing changes through the years, each volume focuses on all-time heroes of a sport. Great passers and "field generals," quarterbacks are an elite company. From the game's earlier days come the legendary Sammy Baugh (who played both offense and defense) and Otto Graham (famous for taking Cleveland to the championship game ten times), followed by the Colts' Johnny Unitas, first of the modern quarterbacks, and Steeler hero Terry Bradshaw, who led his team to four Super Bowl wins. On western teams, San Francisco's cool, focused Joe Montana and the Broncos' talented John Elway (taking underdog Denver to two Super Bowl wins in the 1990s) were wildly popular. Dan Marino was the NFL passing champion while playing for the Miami Dolphins. More recently, Tom Brady of New England has led the Patriots to three Super Bowl championships and is a multiple Super Bowl MVP; though plagued by injuries and deaths in his family, Brett Favre still played to win. Youngest of these ten, Peyton Manning (a favorite of fans) has won a Super Bowl (2007) and continues to play brilliantly. With action photos and a statistics box to help, readers get a career overview of each record-holder, award-winner, or Hall-of-Famer--devoted fans can learn more from brief bibliographies and Internet addresses., Children's Literature