George Shaw

Every young NFL quarterback owes a debt to Johnny U, who in 1956 showed how a skinny rookie could take charge of a middling team and lay the foundation for a champion

For the author—a Baltimore native and future sportswriter—the Colts' quarterback was more than a boyhood hero. He was an inspiration for the entire city

On a roller-coaster ride of peaks and plunges, a Georgia boy and the Minnesota Vikings blunder together through their first year in the NFL

George Shaw has been an understudy to two of football's best passers; now, playing behind the Giants' Charlie Conerly, he has an opportunity to become a top banana

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