Pro Football Player in the 70's and 80's
HERE'S MY STORY...
A book from the author Bill Winters that will inspire you to wake up the sleeping giant within!
Many red-blooded American boys growing up in the '60's would dream of becoming a professional athlete, but which of them had enough stamina and determination to tackle the obstacles that blocked the way to securing a career as a pro-football player? The odds were one in a million against their fulfilling that dream-unless, of course, that boy was someone like Parker Thomas!
From the first day that the protagonist is introduced to football, his strength, agility, speed and spirit are assets to his team. His choice to secure an Ivy League education rather than to attend a football factory aids his accomplishing goals after his career in the pros ends, but also hampers his burning desire to play pro football. After graduation and months of training and attending an open Washington Redskin free-agent camp does he succeed in securing his first pro contract to play in the NFL.
Parker then gets released by the Redskins during training camp but learns how to go through training camp and learns what it takes to play pro football in the NFL. He heals, retrains, and reaffirms his dream by gaining a roster spot in the NFL with the New York Giants the following year. For Parker Thomas, it had to be all or nothing! A major injury due to dehydration cuts short his Giants' playing days, but not one to be deterred, he heads north to the Canadian Football League after being recruited by the Montreal Alouettes to help them defend their CFL title. He becomes a major force in the team's successful season and finishes his first year of play in a game that turns out to be a heartbreaking loss in the Grey Cup.
Parker then decides to make the most of a new exciting opportunity in pro football by playing for the Tampa Bay Bandits, San Antonio Gunslingers and Portland Breakers in a brand new league that plays in the spring that dramatically changes the landscape of pro football called the USFL. The novel ends with the Supreme Court decision of the NFL vs. USFL Antitrust case finishing his pro-football career, but not breaking his spirit. His off-season employment in the securities industry and steady planning for the days he would no longer be able to play payoff huge for him.
Parker Thomas's burning desire to achieve success over the years in his football career has allowed him to now use those same skills of success and determination to help others to reach a higher level in their professional and personal goals and dreams.
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Qualified to talk about it, cuz i lived it!
USFL Tampa Bay Bandits
In 1983 Bill Winters # 55 played LG for the USFL's Tampa Bay Bandits
Coached by Steve Spurrier.
USFL San Antonio Gunslingers
In 1984 Bill Winters #60 played center for the USFL's San Antonio Gunslingers.
USFL Portland Breakers
In 1985, Bill Winters #61 played RG, LG, C and TE for the USFL's Portland Breakers. Bill also snapped for punts and field goals. As a uniquely talented free agent pro football player, Bill is one of the few players to have started at three different positions in three different leagues under the tutelage of three legendary coaches, George Allen, John McVay & Steve Spurrier.