Reddit mentions of Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer

Instant Replay. It is the diary of Jerry Kramer during the 1967 NFL Season. Lombardi's last year with the Packers, the Ice Bowl. Its goes into what NFL players did then. The side jobs they had, how making the playoffs actually meant something to them money wise.

Jerry Kramer is not in the HoF because of this book. Before Primetime made it okay for a football player to use his "celebrity" off the field, Kramer did it. He was loud and outspoken. Wrote this book, and one's about Lombardi. Due to this he was "punished" by not being put in. Now, despite being voted one of the two best guards in the first 50 years of the NFL (The 50 year Anniversary team), he is thought of as a "good player on a team of Hall of Famers" and that is only real contribution was the Ice Bowl block.

A Fan's Notes while not so much an in depth football book as it is a literary work, A Fan's Notes is still a brilliant read for any football fan. Deals with the authors alcoholism, nihilism, the bizarre relation a fan has to his team, and the fear of spending ones life on the sidelines of the action. An all around excellent read. It does have some nice insight to the 60's Giants as well.

Some other more traditional books I'd recommend would When Pride Still Mattered, Run to daylight, Instant Replay, and for one none packer book: Badasses. All four of those provide excellent looks into storied franchises at their best, and When Pride Still Mattered is the definitive book for the NFLs greatest coach.

Thanks OP, I've been meaning to make this thread for awhile now and I love reading books about football and sports in general. I really do heavily recommend A Fan's Notes though, that novel is excellent.

And while I'm still here I guess, even though it isn't football, I'll quickly recommend A Season on the Brink as one of the greatest sports books ever.

EDIT: On the off chance anyone takes an interest in this I have lots more I could recommend.