They Call Me Assassin
by Jack Tatum
Avon. 1980. 1st Paperback Edition. 1st Printing. Illustrated wrappers show light rubbing and mild rubbing inside covers and very lightly on top textblock. Almost no spine wear- A Very Good+ or better copy.
This book is mentioned in Ta-Nahisi Coates 2024 book, The Message. Tatum is notorious for a hit he made against New England Patriots wide receiver Darryl Stingley in a 1978 preseason game that paralyzed Stingley from the neck down. As one of the hardest-hitting free safeties in football history, he reveals that, although he loves combat, he hates the injuries that result from his powerful charges, and he called for changes in the game's rules to afford players better protection.
