
Head On
A Memoir
Failed to add items
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
$0.00 for first 30 days
Buy for $17.19
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Phil Thron
-
By:
-
Larry Csonka
Larry Csonka ran the football with audacity and authority. He lived his off-the-field life with equal abandon. As part of the NFL's 100th Anniversary, he and his undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins teammates were named the best team in NFL history.
In Head On, Csonka shares how they achieved their legendary Perfect Season. From quitting football at a young age, to his often-combative relationship with Coach Don Shula, to brazen exploits with his NFL pals, Csonka narrates a life that is colorful, unbridled, and thrilling.
Csonka found himself hanging out with Burt Reynolds, Dick Butkus, Lee Majors, Joe Namath, and Elvis Presley during his football years. But his moments outside the spotlight reveal the most about this larger-than-life figure—raising critters and a little hell in his formative years on an Ohio dirt farm, early run-ins with the law, confronting thieves with a sawed-off shotgun, taking sniper fire on a USO tour of Vietnam, and being adrift at night on the Bering Sea with gale-force winds raging.
Csonka's Head On is a captivating account of grit, grace, and gumption told by an iconic Hall of Famer who continues to gain ground—figuratively, literally, and unapologetically—every day.
©2022 ZONK! Productions, Inc. (P)2022 HighBridge, a division of Recorded BooksListeners also enjoyed...




















People who viewed this also viewed...




The life of Csonka
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
GREAT READ ABOUT A GREAT MAN !!!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Mr. Seltzer. The man deserves a statue.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
An amazing life story of one of the legends.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Great book
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Entertaining and down to earth
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
So happy to hear Larry's story!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Head On is right on!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Awesome football and family story!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Csonka covers his years with the Miami Dolphins which are his main claim to fame. But there is a lot more to his life, and the story is fascinating. He was recruited by Syracuse out of high school in the early 1960s at a time when Syracuse was a national football power renowned for turning out pro running backs, and Hall of Fame running backs at that. Even though he was on scholarship, Csonka worked two jobs, as a maintenance man at Syracuse and as a night watchman at a car dealership, to be able to support himself and his wife (and soon his newborn son as well). What a contrast to today, when star college players (and Csonka was one) are lavishly supported by universities and also earn NIL money.
Csonka is a good storyteller and the book is quite enjoyable. The narration is so-so. The narrator has an old-fashioned "radio voice" that did not work well with the material, at least for me.
Good Autobiography and How Times Have Changed
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.