In his complete autobiography, All Things Being Equal, Hall of Fame running back Lenny Moore shares his entire story. Moore recounts many fascinating life experiences, beginning with his upbringing in a blue-collar family of ten in Reading, Pennsylvania. He explores his standout, yet challenging time in Happy Valley playing for an already legendary coach in Penn State's Rip Engle, and one in training-Joe Paterno. He also delves into his professional football career with the Baltimore Colts that saw him reach new heights as ...
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In his complete autobiography, All Things Being Equal, Hall of Fame running back Lenny Moore shares his entire story. Moore recounts many fascinating life experiences, beginning with his upbringing in a blue-collar family of ten in Reading, Pennsylvania. He explores his standout, yet challenging time in Happy Valley playing for an already legendary coach in Penn State's Rip Engle, and one in training-Joe Paterno. He also delves into his professional football career with the Baltimore Colts that saw him reach new heights as the MVP of the NFL in 1964. Throughout his amateur and professional career, Moore's toughest competitor was often racism, which battled Moore tooth for tooth. But, as Moore would learn, life would pose other significant battles once his spikes were hung up.Other immortals who played with him-like Johnny Unitas, Gino Marchetti, and Raymond Berry-would easily transition into life after football. Some became businessmen; others carved a new career path as coaches or general managers-but not Moore. In great detail, he describes his difficulties in shifting from having fame and notoriety to not being able to find employment in the town in which he was once celebrated.But Moore eventually found his calling, working with troubled Maryland juveniles, and establishing the Leslie Moore Scholarship Foundation benefiting underprivileged youths. Today, he also works toward finding a cure for scleroderma, after his son passed away from the disease in 2001.Ultimately, All Things Being Equal is the touching journey of one man's self-discovery that, unfortunately, all things are seldom equal.
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Lenny Moore was one of the sports heroes that I tried to imitate as a kid. His combination of speed, power and grace as an athlete is something I aspired to do when I would play with my friends and later in school. Now that I am an adult, I find Lenny Moore's story and the honest description he gives of his life continues to provide inspiration.
WHartenstine
May 3, 2007
Pride - & Prejudice
I am biased. I met Lenny Moore and experienced his quiet dignity and humility when he was employed as director of Maryland's Youth at Risk (YES) program, and I share his background as a Penn State football letterman. This is much more than a book about one of football's all time greats. The story about a pioneering combination running back and receiver through a Hall of Fame career is told with humility; the story about an outstanding athlete in the earliest days of contributions by black Americans to NCAA and NFL football is often one of humiliation. I found a lot of value in this book, first in the manner in which it conveys an often fun but sometimes stark reality without complaint or bitterness; and second, for the opportunity to grow from the self-assessment it inspired.
