Against the Grain

by Eugene "Mercury" Morris, Steve Fiffer

The former football player for the Miami Dolphins recounts his battle with post-football financial disaster, cocaine addiction, incapacitating medical problems, and a conviction for hyped-up drug charges that he fought all the way to State Supreme Court

Genres: Football

292 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1988

About the author

Eugene Edward "Mercury" Morris was an American professional football player who was a running back and kick returner. He played for eight years, primarily for the Miami Dolphins, in the American Football League (AFL) as a rookie in 1969 then in the American Football Conference (AFC) following the 1970 merger with the National Football League (NFL).

Reviews

[Mark Bunch · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am glad I read it. However, it is a quick read not a great work of literature. If you love the 1972 Dolphins and a fan of Mercury. read it , if not you may save you efforts for another author. I needed to read this book to understand the real story behind the drug bust. In summary his ego and a and a rat who turned him in ruined him .

[Paul Carr · Rating 3 out of 5]

In some ways this is a typical local sports biography, and in some ways it’s much more, as Mercury Morris is raw and personal about his shortcomings and time in prison. Not an unusual story of someone who eventually found the straight path, but an honest one, and interesting to those who knew Morris as a football player.