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Nothing but a Brand-New Set of Flat Tires: The Sad, Sorry Saga of the 1974 Detroit Wheels of the World Football League
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Product Description Detroit's pro football history is alive with the names of many wonderful heroes from a colorful past … Benny Friedman, Jimmy Conzelman, Potsy Clark, Buddy Parker, Bobby Layne, Joe Schmidt, Night Train Lane, Dick LeBeau, Barry Sanders, Bubba Wyche, Sheldon Joppru, Wimpy Winther... Wait … Bubba Wyche? Sheldon Joppru? Wimpy Winther? Don't recognize them? Well, they, too, are part of Detroit's pro football legacy. As members of a team called the Detroit Wheels in 1974, they managed to write their own chapter in the city's professional football history. Their story, unlike that of the storied Lions, was part tragedy, part comedy, and required a significant suspension of disbelief. Their saga lasted less than a year, but was filled with more anguish and despair than five seasons with the Lions. One would think that a team owned by financial heavyweights such as entertainer Marvin Gaye and pizza magnate Mike Illitch would not end the way it did. That's because most of the team's 33 owners--that's right, 33--had no clue whatsoever about how to run a professional football team. Review Wow were the Detroit Wheels bad both on the field and off the field. And once again World Football League historian and author Mark Speck scored a touchdown with his history of the pathetic and poorly managed 1974 WFL Detroit Wheels team....Mr. Speck traced the history of this short-lived franchise from its inception to when its doors closed in a logical, fast moving manner that would keep even a non-football fan on the edge of their seat to see what happened next to the team. And believe me if it could go wrong it did for the Wheels....We are fortunate that Mr. Speck, along with several other WFL historians, have kept this league alive with historically accurate accounts of its all too short-lived history. This book represents yet another team whose dream passed much too quickly in this turbulent league. I highly recommend it for your football library. --Bob Swick, Gridiron Greats, Winter 2018 About the Author Mark Speck is the author of three football books, including WIFFLE: The wild zany and sometimes hilariously true story of the World Football League and the co-author with Tod Maher of the World Football League Encyclopedia. When he is not researching pro football, Mark works full time as a Quality Assurance Specialist for the nonprofit organization Able2 in Elmira, New York. Mark lives in Horseheads, New York, with his ever-understanding and patient wife, Elise.
