Looking for Daylight: An American Football Life
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 302
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 220
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Since the creation of what is called American football', millions of people in the United States have donned helmets and pads - or met in someone's backyard on Thanksgiving Day - to play the game that is as unique as the people who participate in it. While only a tiny percentage have ever played in the National Football League, the stories of countless anonymous athletes remain worth telling. In Looking for Daylight, Jack Chambless takes readers on a 50-year journey from the muddy fields of Hugo, Oklahoma, to the lights that shine on high school players and on a brief detour as a professional sports agent. This path was, in part, paved by many years as a fan of the Miami Dolphins and Oklahoma Sooners and culminated in fatherhood, where he was able to see his two sons star on Florida's high school fields. This book is filled with humorous, educational, and touching stories that are sure to bring tears of laughter and sadness for readers who love our game of football and share it with others who are important to them.
Jack Chambless is an economics professor in Orlando, Florida, where he has taught since 1991. He is a former contract advisor with the National Football League Players Association who has written extensively on the business of professional and college sports and has appeared on numerous national television and radio broadcasts. He was a running back for the Hugo (Oklahoma) Buffaloes from 1981 to 1983, where he played for legendary coach Paul Bell, a member of the Oklahoma Coaches Hallof Fame who coached the famous Selmon brothers before they went on to the University of Oklahoma and the NFL.
Since the creation of what is called American football', millions of people in the United States have donned helmets and pads - or met in someone's backyard on Thanksgiving Day - to play the game that is as unique as the people who participate in it. While only a tiny percentage have ever played in the National Football League, the stories of countless anonymous athletes remain worth telling. In Looking for Daylight, Jack Chambless takes readers on a 50-year journey from the muddy fields of Hugo, Oklahoma, to the lights that shine on high school players and on a brief detour as a professional sports agent. This path was, in part, paved by many years as a fan of the Miami Dolphins and Oklahoma Sooners and culminated in fatherhood, where he was able to see his two sons star on Florida's high school fields. This book is filled with humorous, educational, and touching stories that are sure to bring tears of laughter and sadness for readers who love our game of football and share it with others who are important to them.
Jack Chambless is an economics professor in Orlando, Florida, where he has taught since 1991. He is a former contract advisor with the National Football League Players Association who has written extensively on the business of professional and college sports and has appeared on numerous national television and radio broadcasts. He was a running back for the Hugo (Oklahoma) Buffaloes from 1981 to 1983, where he played for legendary coach Paul Bell, a member of the Oklahoma Coaches Hallof Fame who coached the famous Selmon brothers before they went on to the University of Oklahoma and the NFL.