Junior Seau: The Life and Death of a Football Icon, by Jim Trotter
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A moving portrait of the life and legendary career of one of the NFL’s most beloved players Tiaina Baul “Junior” Seau is widely considered one of the best linebackers ever to play the game. A ten-time All-Pro and twelve-time Pro Bowl selection, Seau was picked for the NFL’s “All-Decade Team” in the 1990’s. His incredible career spanned two decades, during which time he played for the Chargers, Dolphins, and Patriots. A charismatic leader and competitor known for playing through injuries and leaving it all on the field, Seau started in almost 250 regular season games and electrified fans with his dynamic play. In 2012, at the age of forty-three, Seau committed suicide with a gunshot wound to the chest. News of his death sent shockwaves through the NFL. Later, studies concluded that Seau had been suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a type of brain damage. His tragic death opened the door to hundreds of inquiries about the trauma from NFL players and their families. Drawing on exclusive access to Seau’s family and Seau’s never-before-seen diaries and letters, veteran reporter Jim Trotter goes beyond the statistics to paint a moving portrait of a larger-than-life star whose towering achievements in the game came at a great cost.
Junior Seau: The Life and Death of a Football Icon, by Jim Trotter- Amazon Sales Rank: #388363 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-27
- Released on: 2015-10-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.10" h x 1.10" w x 6.10" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 240 pages
Review “Leave it to Jim Trotter, who knew Junior Seau better than anyone in our business, to capture his competitive essence and personal demons equally well. I had so many questions about why Seau's life ended the way it did. Jim answered them with depth and compassion in this thorough and important book.”—Peter King, editor-in-chief, The MMQB “Few people knew Junior Seau like Jim Trotter, who gracefully guides readers into the unique world of one of the NFL’s most compelling figures of the last quarter-century. Trotter has achieved something rare here: he took a sports book and artistically crafted it into a lyrical narrative about dreams, love and, ultimately, heart-wrenching loss.”—Lars Anderson, author of The Storm and the Tide and The All Americans “Junior Seau shot himself in the heart, maybe to save his head for the pathologist. But Jim Trotter's book is about the heart, and of the heart.”—Tom Callahan, author of Johnny U and The G.M. “This book demonstrates why Trotter is one of the best talents in sports journalism. He didn't just write a great book about a football legend… he wrote one of the best sports biographies of all time.”—Mike Freeman, author of Bloody Sundays and Bowden “Junior Seau lived a remarkable, passion-filled and eventually tragic life. His death may make him one of the most important figures in football history. Jim Trotter masterfully tells it all here, in a powerful book that may change the way you look at the game.”—Dan Wetzel, national columnist, Yahoo Sports “Trotter, who covers the NFL for ESPN, tells a difficult story and tells it well...this is a powerful, thought-provoking account, handled with grace and sensitivity, of a superior football player's life and death.” —Booklist "No media member is better qualified to write this book than Trotter...it’s a highly informative, easy read."—Nick Canepa, The San Diego Union-Tribune
From the Inside Flap A moving portrait of the life and legendary career of one of the NFL’s most beloved players Tiaina Baul “Junior” Seau is widely considered one of the best linebackers ever to play the game. And if the sport had a heart and soul, Junior Seau was it. A San Diego native of Samoan descent, he sprung from a tight-knit family and community to shatter records at nearby USC. After being chosen as the fifth overall NFL draft pick in 1990, he embarked upon a nearly two-decade professional career, including stints with his hometown San Diego Chargers, the Miami Dolphins, and the New England Patriots. Seau was a ten-time All-Pro, a twelve-time Pro Bowl selection, and was picked for the NFL’s All-Decade Team in the 1990s. A charismatic leader and competitor known for playing through injuries and leaving it all on the field, Seau started in almost 250 regular season games and electrified fans with his dynamic play. Yet in 2012, upon his retirement from football, Seau plunged deeper into a dark period marked by erratic behavior. A few months later, at age forty-three, Seau committed suicide with a gunshot wound to the chest. The news of his tragic death sent shockwaves through the NFL. Later, studies concluded that Seau had been suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a type of brain damage caused by repeated blows to the head. Junior Seau’s suicide opened the door to hundreds of inquiries about the effects of brain trauma from NFL players and their families. Veteran reporter Jim Trotter draws on exclusive access to Seau’s family and friends and never-before-seen diaries and letters, which provide incredible emotional insight into a man struggling with frustrations on the football field and moral failings off of it. The writings, as well as interviews with those closest to Seau—including the girlfriend who discovered his lifeless body —paint a portrait of a larger-than-life star whose towering achievements in the game made him an icon, but at a great cost.
From the Back Cover Advance Praise for Junior Seau "Leave it to Jim Trotter, who knew Junior Seau better than anyone in our business, to capture his competitive essence and personal demons equally well. I had so many questions about why Seau's life ended the way it did. Jim answered them with depth and compassion in this thorough and important book." — Peter King, editor-in-chief, The MMQB "Junior Seau shot himself in the heart, maybe to save his head for the pathologist. But Jim Trotter's book is about the heart, and of the heart." — Tom Callahan, author of Johnny U and The GM “Few people knew Junior Seau like Jim Trotter, who gracefully guides readers into the unique world of one of the NFL’s most compelling figures of the last quarter-century. Trotter has achieved something rare here: he took a sports book and artistically crafted it into a lyrical narrative about dreams, love, and, ultimately, heart-wrenching loss.” — Lars Anderson, author of The Storm and the Tide and The All Americans "This book demonstrates why Trotter is one of the best talents in sports journalism. He didn't just write a great book about a football legend . . . he wrote one of the best sports biographies of all time.” — Mike Freeman, author of Bloody Sundays and Bowden
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A Favorite Player of My Husband and a Worthwhile Read By K. Groh My husband has been a San Diego Chargers fan since forever. It's a little odd because we live on the east coast. But Junior Seau was his favorite player for a long time. He was truly a man to look up to. So he's been reading this book and says that it is a great one and a good story to be told. It is written by Jim Trotter who has been a reporter for ESPN for a long time. He has compiled information from his past interviews with Junior Seau as well as other players who worked alongside him. The story seems to be a good representation of his life, his dedication to the sport and his warrior spirit. He was a generous player with his devotion and time and also a generous family man. Well written and a worthwhile look inside the intensity of football and the long lasting effects it can have on the body and mind of the players. Unfortunately for Junior, the sport took much more from him than it should have.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Effective, timely, brief and brilliantly written By Trudie Barreras From the perspective of a non-sports-fan who loves biographies, Jim Trotter’s deeply sensitive and honest story of the life and death of Junior Seau is an intensely moving one. I am not a total football ignoramus – I can watch a game (or part of one) without being completely mystified by what is happening. However, although I can probably name a few of the more well-known quarterbacks of recent times, and perhaps even get their teams right, I freely admit that I had no idea who Junior Seau was, and had to ask my husband how to pronounce his surname.For those who ARE enamored of the game of football, and who do indeed follow the careers of outstanding players, I’m sure Trotter’s descriptions of the various game details and the internal politics of the sport itself will be of great interest. For me, they provide a coherent, even if excessively detailed, backdrop for the main story, which as I’ve already mentioned, was told with great sensitivity.There is also, of course, a vitally important sub-theme of Trotter’s narrative, which has received a great deal of recent publicity. The mystique of football, as a “manly sport” where physical aggressiveness and violence are exalted and hard hitting is expected, leads inevitably to severe physical injury, especially repeated (and often untreated) concussions resulting in CTE – chronic traumatic encephalopathy. This in turn has resulted all too frequently in either early onset Alzheimer’s or other forms of neurological deficit, or to self-medication with drugs or alcohol to offset the pain – or any combination thereof.Finally, in the case of Seau, due to a cultural ethos of expecting the successful son to be the living ATM for a large extended family, financial success was perhaps even more important in his perspective than it is for many other sports celebrities. Although an inability to effectively manage huge salaries for short years is typical for many pro athletes, in Junior’s case this was greatly exacerbated by those family demands. In addition, as part of that same manly mystique, Seau was apparently completely unable to be open and honest about his personal weaknesses or to accept help and advice from those who truly loved him.All of these aspects, and many more, are combined in this very effective, very timely, brief and brilliantly written biography.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. More details By Princess Seau was a brilliant young athlete, gifted, motivated and devoted to his family and culture. I remember him well from his time with the New England Patriots where he was well regarded and very much a fan favorite.In this short narrative about Seau's life (200+ pages) he seems to have spent much of his life trying to please people and live up to the expectations of his Samoan culture. The book really skims the surface of the popular NFL star's life, lacking depth of detail but covering everything.The end of this life is a moving and distressing section which the author really leaves us with more unanswered questions. Should the book have been longer?Trotter does he's best detailed writing when covering Seau's football career but that's really not enough to carry the book. Altogether it's not a bad read and does offer some insight it the subject life.
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