Run to Win: My Packers Life from Lombardi to Canton

by Jerry Kramer, Bob Fox

“You can if you will.” A phrase uttered to a young Jerry Kramer by his line coach at Sandpoint High School in tiny Sandpoint, Idaho, that would go on to push him to a celebrated NFL career with the Green Bay Packers and a sentiment that he would repeat to close his speech at his long awaited enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame almost seven decades later in 2018. In the spirit of Jerry Kramer’s unforgettable and bestselling collaborations with the great Dick Schaap, his first book about his life and career in over two decades,  Run to Win  will serve as Kramer’s definitive statement about a remarkable life and career of perseverance, teamwork, and gridiron greatness. Spanning the beginning of the legendary Vince Lombardi era through Kramer’s confoundingly long wait to receive his bust in Canton, Kramer tells his amazing story as one of the most memorable and toughest Packers in franchise history. Including insightful commentary about the eminently intriguing Lombardi, as well as fellow Hall of Fame teammates Jim Taylor, Forrest Gregg, Willie Davis, Bart Starr, Emlen Tunnell, and many more,  Run to Win  is a must read for all true Packers fans from one of the legends who helped lay the foundation for one of the most identifiable and successful franchises in the history of professional sports.

Genres: Sports

256 pages, Hardcover

Published September 19, 2023

Reviews

[Dominic DiCenzo · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m a life long Green Bay Packer fan and was excited to get this book to read. Ufortunately, the book was difficult to read. It was poorly written with unorganized sentences and paragraphs. Material was also repeated in parts of the book. I honestly skimmed the final quarter of the book just to get through it. It will still stay on my bookshelf with other Packer books like Instant Replay.

[Lietke · Rating 3 out of 5]

This needed an editor. There are many repeated passages and stories in the same book. Not much new ground tilled here. My suggestion would be to read When Pride Still Mattered twice

[Phillip Sawyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun book looking back at the glory days of the Green Bay Packers through the eyes of right guard Jerry Kramer.