Peyton Manning: A Quarterback for the Ages

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Its impossible to overstate Peyton Mannings football legacy. He holds every major record for an NFL quarterback, including most career touchdown passes, most touchdown passes in a single season, most passing yards in a single season, and most games with a perfect passer rating. On February 7, 2016, he capped his already incredible list of accomplishments by becoming the oldest quarterback to win a Super Bowl at the age of thirty-nine.

Through words and images, this book commemorates the career of one of the greatest quarterbacks ever to play professional football. Jim Saccomano and Craig Kelley trace Peyton Mannings legendary career from his early years as a high school star in New Orleans to his standout seasons at the University of Tennessee. The authors chronicle Mannings selection as the number one pick in the 1998 draft by the Indianapolis Colts, his stellar seasons with the blue and white, his MVP performance in the Colts Super Bowl XLI victory, and his record-setting years with the Denver Broncos, which culminated in his second championship in Super Bowl 50.

The authors celebrate Mannings career in a fully illustrated scrapbook-style album with passionate and vivid prose, supreme photographic images and memorabilia, call-out quotes, and dozens of personal anecdotes and recollections about Manning from prominent members of the NFL community. This unique collection captures the magic of Mannings career, making it an essential addition to every football fans library and a fitting tribute to one of the games greatest players.

This book is a trip through the years of Mannings career as a quarterback who defined the game and his era.

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Author Bio

Jim Saccomano retired as the vice president of public relations for the Denver Broncos after spending more than three decades with the team. In 1990, Saccomano and his staff were honored as the first recipients of the Pro Football Writers of Americas Pete Rozelle Award as the NFLs outstanding public relations staff. A Denver, Colorado, native, Saccomano and his wife, Jo Ann, have two children and two grandchildren.

Craig Kelley is the longest-tenured public relations executive in Indianapolis Colts history, serving fourteen of his twenty-nine seasons as a vice president. He was the lead publicist as Indianapolis produced the NFLs winningest decade (20002009) and reached Super Bowls XLI and XLIV behind Peyton Mannings heroics. The New Orleans area native now resides in Naples, Florida.