George Plimpton
November, 1967
In the course of his energetically oddball career, 40-year-old George Plimpton--bachelor, bon vivant, author and editor--has boxed Archie Moore, pitched to the American and National League All-Star teams, played tennis with Pancho Gonzales, golf with Sam Snead and football with the Detroit Lions. If Plimpton's performances have been less than second-string, his personalized prose about the pros has been first-rate. Paper Lion, Plimpton's account of his masquerade as an NFL quarterback, was a run...
