Fireball Jr.
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Pete didn't have the greatest career, but he wrote probably the best football book, "North Dallas Forty," particularly at the time, that shined a light on the reality, the brutality, etc. of the game and showed a side of pro football that Pete Rozelle, et al., would've rather kept quiet. Book was made into a pretty damn good movie, too.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/s...er-who-wrote-north-dallas-forty-dies.html?hpw
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/03/s...er-who-wrote-north-dallas-forty-dies.html?hpw