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Paper Lion is a 1966 non-fiction book by American author George Plimpton. In 1960, Plimpton, not an athlete, arranged to pitch to a lineup of professional baseball players in an All-Star exhibition, presumably to answer the question, "How would the average man off of the street fare in an attempt to compete with the stars of professional sports ...
Sarah Whitehead Dudley. . . (m. 1991) . Children. 4. George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American writer. He is known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review, as well as his patrician demeanor and accent. He was known for " participatory journalism," including accounts of his active ...
George Plimpton’s classic Paper Lion set the bar for participatory sports journalism, as the author shares his experiences in training camp, trying out as a quarterback for the NFL’s Detroit Lions, and eventually, playing in a preseason exhibition game.
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Oct 13, 2016 · Six books and several dozen Sports Illustrated articles into his journalistic career, George Plimpton still couldn’t type the words “participatory journalism” with a straight face. “‘Participatory journalism’—that ugly descriptive,” he writes in the first pages of Shadow Box (1977), sighing over his Underwood.
Aug 4, 2009 · If you are a football fan, and especially a Detroit Lions supporter, George Plimpton’s 1966 classic book “Paper Lion” is a must read, especially if you are looking for insight into what a football training camp is all about. (At least what it was like 36 years ago this summer.)
In the summer of 1963, a well known author and New York literary figure named George Plimpton, sought to undertake an unlikely and somewhat audacious athletic challenge in the spirit of “participatory journalism.”
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Dec 23, 2008 · George Plimpton was a literary man about town who did it all, from co-founding The Paris Review to boxing (and dribbling and quarterbacking) with the pros.
