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Keith Dorney

I recently read Keith Dorney’s Black and Honolulu Blue. Dorney was a an All-Pro Offensive Tackle for the Lions during the 1980’s. Dorney book was very enjoyable because he was describing a time in the Lion’s history that serves as a golden age for me. My first memory of the Lions featured players like Bubba Baker, Doug English, Billy Sims and Eric Hipple among others.

Dorney very candidly explains the ups and downs of playing in the NFL. He talks about playing through the aches and pains and the stress playing the game can place on one’s family. He discusses the passion for winning and how to this day he is unable to get over Eddie Murray’s missed field goal versus the 49er’s, a day that will live in Lion infamy.

I would highly recommend all Lion’s fans who watched these players give this book a read. Dorney even had the guts to address the current state of the Lions (circa 2003) and asked Matt Millen some challenging questions about the future of the organization.