Another Season: A Coach's Story of Raising an Exceptional Son Reprint Edition

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Gene the Stallings of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide is one of the top college football coaches in the country -- a Bear Bryant protege who\'s stood up to countless tough challenges on the gridiron. But in 1962, doctors handed Stallings the toughest challenge he would ever face. His newborn son, they told him, was a \"mongoloid\" -- a Down Syndrome child, as the genetic condition is now called -- who also had a serious heart condition, which meant he probably wouldn\'t survive to see his first birthday.In Another Season, Coach Stallings tells the heartwarming story of how Johnny not only survived but went on to become an integral member of the Stallings family and the Alabama footballcommunity. Rejecting advice to put Johnny in an institution, Stallings did everything he could to make sure his son had a good and productive life -- including taking him along to the football stadium, where he has become a familiar figure to fans and players alike.Shot through with Stallings\'s fierce love for his son and filled with rousing football anecdotes, Another Season speaks to every parent -- and every football fan.