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SLINGIN'
SAM
O F T H E G R E AT E S T
Q UA RT E R B AC K E V E R
TO P L AY T H E G A M E
Peyton Manning
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Holley, Joe.
Slingin’ Sam : the life and times of the greatest quarterback ever to play the game /
by Joe Holley ; foreword by Peyton Manning.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-292-71985-9 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-292-74213-0 (e-book)
1. Baugh, Sam, 1914–20082. Football players—United States—Biography.
3. Quarterbacks (Football)—United States—Biography.I. Title.
GV939.B39H652012
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INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1. Sam Baugh
The Beginning 10
C H A P T E R 2 . Dutch Meyer
Football Impresario 59
C H A P T E R 6. Marshall’s Redskins
N OT E S 285
B IB L I O G R A P H Y 307
INDEX 311
I
n a small workout room in the basement of our Indianapolis home is
what I call my quarterbacks wall. Hanging on it are nearly thirty photos
I’ve collected over the years of me standing beside the game’s best signal-
callers, including several I’ve been privileged to play against.
Scanning the collection, you’ll find many of the great ones: Troy Aikman,
Brett Favre, Dan Marino, Steve Young, John Elway, Phil Simms, Jim Kelly,
Warren Moon, Bart Starr, Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw, George Blanda.
I like to glance at those guys while I’m working out.
You’ll also find photos of my two all-time favorite quarterbacks—my dad
Archie Manning and my brother Eli—as well as one of my all-time non-
family favorites: Johnny Unitas of the Baltimore Colts.
I knew about Johnny Unitas from stories my dad told me, and every time
I look at the photo, I think of the opportunity I had a few years back to let
Johnny know in person how much I admired and respected him. In 1997 I
was the recipient of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, and at the ban-
quet that year I presented the Hall of Famer with a pair of black high-top
football shoes. Anyone who had the privilege of watching number 19 play
will know exactly what those shoes symbolize.
Now, take a closer look at the wall. Focus in on a place of honor near the
center of my quarterback collection. You’ll see a photo of an elderly man in
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Peyton Manning
Indianapolis, Indiana
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W
hen I think of all the people who have helped me get to know
Sammy Baugh, I think immediately of Jeanne O’Neill. She was
eighty-six when I met her in the parking lot of FedEx Field, where
she and friends enjoyed tailgating at almost every Washington Red-
skins home game. Both elegant and fun-loving, the retired U.S. Postal Ser-
vice executive had seen Sammy play, and when I mentioned his name, she
smiled—as did almost everyone else who talked to me about the old football
player turned Texas cowboy. Like Jeanne O’Neill, they were happy to share
their stories. I thank them.
I am grateful to my friends at the Washington Post who encouraged me to
tell Sammy’s story, including Emilio Garcia-Ruiz, Lynn Medford, Matt Vita,
Matt Schudel, Pat Sullivan, and Adam Bernstein. Although this is not an
authorized biography, the Baugh family was a huge help, particularly David
and Jean Baugh, who sat down over David’s daily ham sandwiches at the
kitchen table and talked candidly about the man who had meant so much
to them. I am grateful to Sam’s old friends Bob O’Day, Sonny Nichols, Pete
Hart, and many others who were willing to share their reminiscences.
Thanks to my brother Ken, who made the long drive with me to Rotan
and the Double Mountain Ranch and who offered suggestions and ideas
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boarded-up windows.
On the North Side, though, home to Wrigley Field, some 15,000 foot-
ball fans have braved the dangerous conditions to watch a game, a National
Football League championship game between the fearsome Chicago Bears
and the upstart Washington Redskins. Swaddled in layered coats and muf-
flers, wearing gloves, hats pulled down over their ears, these fans are fanat-
ics in every sense of the word. Some caught the elevated train and rode it
through a desolate downtown, the train winding its way through the can-
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mounds of snow shoved out of roadways. Still others maneuvered Model Ts,
slowly and carefully, through the icy streets.
The locals have come to see their Bears, the “Monsters of the Midway,”
a team of hard-nosed, big-shouldered brawlers who not only defeat their
opponents almost every Sunday but also punish them in the process. Chi-
cagoans like to think that the Bears of George Halas and Bronko Nagurski
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