Quarterback Gamble

by William Campbell Gault

Jug Elroy, even as a quarterback for Badger Junction High, wanted to play football with the best and against the best. He had been inspired by his father, a former pro. But his chances to make it to the pro lineup were practically nil—until he played college football under Coach Carmody.
Carmody was tough, but so was Jug, and when Carmody became coach of the Chicago Miners, he asked his protege to come to training camp. Finally the big chance came—the quarterback gamble—and the coach put his job on the line, choosing Jug for first-string quarterback rather than trading him for Oliphant, the Boston Patriots' experienced player. And game after game, Jug led the team to the supreme test: quarterback Elroy and the Chicago Miners faced Oliphant and the Boston Patriots for the last American Football League championship.
No fan will want to miss this action-packed story about what goes on in pro football by this well-known sports writer for young people.

Library Binding

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

William Campbell Gault (1910–1995) was a critically acclaimed pulp novelist. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he took seven years to graduate from high school. Though he was part of a juvenile gang, he wrote poetry in his spare time, signing it with a girl’s name lest one of his friends find it. He sold his first story in 1936, and built a great career writing for pulps like Paris Nights, Scarlet Adventures, and the infamous Black Mask. In 1939, Gault quit his job and started writing fulltime.

When the success of his pulps began to fade in the 1950s, Gault turned to longer fiction, winning an Edgar Award for his first mystery, Don’t Cry for Me (1952), which he wrote in twenty-eight days. He created private detectives Brock Callahan and Joe Puma, and also wrote juvenile sports books like Cut-Rate Quarterback (1977) and Wild Willie, Wide Receiver (1974). His final novel was Dead Pigeon (1992), a Brock Callahan mystery.


Series:
* Brock 'The Rock' Callahan
* Joe Puma

Reviews

[Jalen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it I t was a good book

[Courtney Daniels · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thrifted this book and couldn’t get past chapter 2. It wasn’t for me