The Leather Man

<p>Wow! A story that encapsulates college football in the '60s. From Edison Green attempting to challenge the stigma that a black man could not be a big-time college quarterback to Quintus LeClaire the Vietnam veteran lost until fate gives him the opportunity to rekindle his life through football and become the 'blue-chipper who fell through the cracks' to the life struggles of coach Ben Steinbrecher called the Leather Man who faces his challenges and finds himself as a result this is a must-read from cover to cover.</p><p>-Dave Campo former Dallas Cowboys coach</p><p>Canyon City in southern Idaho is the home of Canyon State College a small school in possession of a large football coach-Ben Steinbrecher a man as strong as Samson and just as rooted in the Bible through his minister father.</p><p>Known to some as the Leather Man the coach is doing his best to raise his mentally handicapped son in a loving home while the love in his marriage dwindles. Already kept from an NFL career by a knee injury Steinbrecher's frustrations pile up while his coaching career blossoms until inevitably he hits the brink of human endurance. </p><p>The coach's team is peopled with characters such as Latin-quoting war hero Quintus LeClaire dropped into Canyon State's football program because of a Vietnam flashback and a chance encounter with a good cop along with straight arrow David Talty raised by colorful Uncle Joe; menacing Brock Banning; and Preston Taters Jones. All play a role in elevating the program and in shaping Steinbrecher's path toward the ultimate test of his beliefs and his will to live.</p>