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    Peyton and Eli Manning: Unauthorized Biographies
    Peyton and Eli Manning: Unauthorized Biographies
    Peyton and Eli Manning: Unauthorized Biographies
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    Peyton and Eli Manning: Unauthorized Biographies

    By Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

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    Peyton and Eli Manning have led amazing lives and have changed the football world forever. This book follows both men's lives from their humble beginnings to becoming two of the most acclaimed quarterbacks in the NFL.

    Peyton Manning is one of the greatest quarterbacks in the history of the NFL. He has set many records, won three MVPs, and is a Super Bowl Champion. This book explores Peyton's upbringing, his high school and college football careers, and details his breakthrough into the NFL, all the way through his 2012 signing with the Denver Broncos.

    Eli Manning may be the most overanalyzed, discussed, dissected, and criticized quarterbacks New York has ever had. But now that he's beaten the Patriots in not one, but two Super Bowls within a four-year period, Manning has proven that he is in the same class as the "elite" quarterbacks. Inside, you will discover where it all started and learn why so many fans love Eli so much.

    From family to football to the future, all you need to know about Peyton and Eli Manning is right here, right now, in the most up to date coverage of both of their lives.

    This book also includes all of both Manning's college and NFL statistics.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPrice World Publishing
    Release dateJul 6, 2012
    ISBN9781619841819
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      Peyton and Eli Manning - Belmont and Belcourt Biographies

      PEYTON

      AND

      ELI MANNING

      An Unauthorized Biography

      Copyright © 2013 by Belmont & Belcourt Biographies

      All rights reserved. Neither this book nor any parts within it may be sold or reproduced in any form without permission.

      eISBN: 9781619841819

      Table Of Contents

      PEYTON MANNING

      Basics

      Peyton on the Field

      Working Hard

      A Big-time College Career

      On to the NFL

      Moving up the ranks

      2000

      2001

      2002

      2003

      2004

      2005

      2006

      2007

      2008

      2009

      2010

      2011

      2012

      ELI MANNING

      Early Life

      Playing in High School

      At a Crossroads

      Redshirted

      Music City Bowl 2000

      The Eli Manning Era

      College Achievements

      Chargers or Giants?

      A Giant – The Next Great Manning?

      Growing Pains

      Super Bowl 2008

      2009 Season: Commitments & Changes

      A Dreadful 2010 season

      NFL Lockout

      A Pro’s Pro

      Elite Quarterbacks

      Super Bowl 2012

      2012-13

      Off the Field

      Conclusion

      Stats

      College

      Professional

      PEYTON MANNING

      An Unauthorized Biography

      Basics

      Peyton Manning is a quarterback for the Denver Broncos in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons from 1998–2011. He is the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and an elder brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.

      Peyton Williams Manning was born on March 24, 1976, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the second child of Archie and Olivia Manning, who had three sons. Cooper Manning, the oldest, arrived in 1974. Eli, the youngest, was born five years after Peyton. All three boys appeared to be born athletes from the moment they could crawl. They all displayed a natural affinity for athletics, even showing movement and mobility at a very young age. At 12-plus pounds at birth however, Peyton appeared that he might be headed for a career as an offensive lineman.

      The size of the Manning kids wasn’t surprising, given their genes. Their father, Archie, was one of the most celebrated athletes in the history of the South. He was a legend at the University of Mississippi, where he played quarterback from 1968 to 1970 for the Rebels, where he was twice voted an All-American. He then became the top pick of the New Orleans Saints. From there, he embarked on a star-crossed 14-year NFL career that also saw him suiting up for the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings. Archie's career is known as one that was bittersweet because he was considered a borderline-elite player, but his New Orleans teams were consistently among the worst in the NFL. A hard-hitting shortstop in his youth, Archie could have chosen professional baseball as a career path, having been drafted by the Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals, and Chicago White Sox after graduating from Drew High School. The multi-sport skills displayed by Archie would definitely run in the family.

      Olivia was a perfect match for Archie, who was treated like royalty wherever he went in the South. She had been named Homecoming Queen at Ole Miss in 1970. The two were clearly born for each other.

      Peyton loved football, just like his dad. By his third birthday, he was tossing the pigskin with Cooper. The two had plenty of room to practice in the yard of the family’s huge home, which was built in 1853, in the historic Garden District of New Orleans. Eli eventually joined his brothers in their games once he came along five years later.

      Childhood seemed to be perfect for Peyton. In his youth, he idolized his father and dreamed of being a star college quarterback. The Mannings were a close-knit family. Trips across the state to visit Grandma Manning in Drew, or to see Olivia’s parents in Philadelphia, were always happily anticipated and enjoyed by all.

      Peyton’s only bad memories of his childhood came when professional athletics intruded on the family's home life. The Saints were the laughingstock of the NFL, and despite some great individual seasons, Archie often bore the brunt of the fans’ ire. While Archie struggled with his losing team on the field, it was his family that had to endure much of the negatives of the situation.

      In 1982, after Archie was traded to the Oilers, he and Olivia and decided that the family would stay in New Orleans. During that time, Peyton and his brothers missed their dad terribly. Archie bounced between the Oilers and Vikings the next four years. In 1984, his last season in the NFL, Olivia and the boys followed him to Minneapolis. Peyton hoped to get his first taste of organized football there, but he was too young for the fifth-grade squad.

      The Manning family had had enough of their father's life as an NFL quarterback and returned to New Orleans the following year. Peyton looked forward to playing football for Isidore Newman School, which was one of Louisiana’s top private schools. There was one big problem though: Newman had canceled its sixth-grade program. In 1988, Peyton finally got his chance to put on the pads for the first time. When asked to list his favorite positions, interestingly enough, he wrote down quarterback and defensive back.

      Years of watching from the sidelines had given Peyton lots of time to brush up on his football knowledge. A trivia buff, Peyton was absolutely crazy about the college game. For him, nothing compared to the SEC. He listened to audio tapes of his dad’s college games and quizzed his little brother

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