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Clint Castleberry was already an Atlanta-area football sensation when he arrived at Georgia Tech in 1942, and in one meteoric college season he became a national sports hero as well. He was the first college freshman ever to be voted All-American. At least one Heisman Trophy was all but certain. Though weighing just 155 pounds, he seemed destined to become one of the greatest tailbacks in college football history. But then World War II intervened, and Castleberry became, instead, another young man whose destiny was cut short. His #19 is the only number ever retired in the illustrious history of Georgia Tech football. Bill Chastain weaves Clint Castleberry's story around other legends of Georgia Tech football--including John Heisman, William Alexander, and Bobby Dodd-to create a glorious portrait of a proud football tradition and America's Greatest Generation.

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The best football player you never heard of, who dashed across the gridiron for just one season, long ago.--Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated and Hall of Fame sportswriter; NPR Morning Edition commentator

Castleberry went off to fight in World War II, never to return. His No. 19 is the only football jersey that Tech has retired. His story is told with expertise and detail by Tech grad Bill Chastain in Jackrabbit, available here. It has been a great history lesson not just about Castleberry but also about Alexander, Bobby Dodd and the city of Atlanta in that era. The best football player you never heard of, who dashed across the gridiron for just one season, long ago.--Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated and Hall of Fame sportswriter; NPR Morning Edition commentator

The best football player you never heard of, who dashed across the gridiron for just one season, long ago.--Frank Deford, Sports Illustrated and Hall of Fame sportswriter; NPR Morning Edition commentator Castleberry went off to fight in World War II, never to return. His No. 19 is the only football jersey that Tech has retired. His story is told with expertise and detail by Tech grad Bill Chastain in Jackrabbit, available here. It has been a great history lesson not just about Castleberry but also about Alexander, Bobby Dodd and the city of Atlanta in that era.

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Bill Chastain began his journalism career as a freelance writer shortly after graduating from Georgia Tech in 1979. Some of the more notable publications where his stories have appeared over the years include: Razor Magazine, Nation's Business, SPORT Magazine, and Inside Sports. Chastain worked as a sports reporter for The St. Petersburg Times and The St. Petersburg Evening Independent before going to The Tampa Tribune in 1990, where he worked for twelve years as a columnist and sports reporter. While with the Tribune he also served as a correspondent for Sports Illustrated. He is the author of Payne at Pinehurst: The Greatest U.S. Open Ever; Purpose and Passion: Bobby Pruett and the Marshall Years; Steel Dynasty: The Team that Changed the NFL; September Nights: Chasing the Beasts of the American League East; Jackrabbit: The Story of Clint Castleberry and the Improbable 1942 Georgia Tech Football Season; Hack's 191: Hack Wilson and His Incredible 1930 Season; and The Steve Spurrier Story: From Heisman to Head Ball Coach. Currently he covers Major League Baseball's Tampa Bay Rays for MLB.com.

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