Cruisin' With the Tooz

by John Matuszak, Steve Delsohn

The football player and professional actor reveals his life on the field, in front of the camera, and after hours, discussing Ken Stabler and the Raiders, numerous players, coaches, and owners, and Hollywood and TV celebrities

Genres: Biography, Sports, Football

Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Isabel Costa · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was a bit of a disappointment. I picked it up because the cover and title made it sound like it would be some wild, rip-roaring autobiography of an egotistical nutter. It was much more tame than I expected. It was also pretty much entirely about football, which would make sense. There is nothing wrong with that, but it’s not my cup of tea and I struggled to follow all of the football references. I wish there was a bit less football and a bit more adventure. Overall, was not a terribly written book (definitely due to some ghostwriter action) but it was a bit boring and the Tooz came off as more grounded than one would expect.

[Ed Nemo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Let me start by saying I am not a huge football fan and the only games I watch are Pittsburgh Steelers ones. That being said, I picked this up because I liked the Tooz's work. This book is 90% about playing football and was very fair and honest. The Tooz comes off as an extremely nice and friendly guy. He doesn't badmouth other players and gives a lot of honest accounts of his own sometimes unfortunate adventures.

All in all, this was an enjoyable book that sheds some light into the "Dirty" Raiders organization and really defines what it means to be a pro-athlete.

[Mark Bunch · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Tooz- what a Raider wild ass. Man I loved the black and gray. The problem is the Tooz liked coke. He did not live too long. From 1976 to 1982 -the Tooz played for the Oakland Raiders. You may have remembered him in Caveman- the movie with Ringo Starr.