A Gift for Ron: Friendship and Sacrifice On and Off the Gridiron

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Overview

A Brian’s Song for a new generation, featuring two pro football stars known to millions of fans

 

“Everson Walls’s display of unselfishness was the ultimate example of teamwork. A life lesson for us all.”

—James Brown, CBS Sports/Showtime

 

“[This] moving story of courage, sacrifice, and offering the ultimate gift to save a friend’s life is truly inspiring.”

—Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay, legislative sponsor of the Everson Walls and Ron Springs Gift of Life Act of 2009

 

After fourteen seasons as an NFL star, Everson Walls retired to his hometown of Dallas, Texas. He and former Cowboys teammate Ron Springs worked together on charities, and their families became close. But, as time passed, Ron could no longer conceal the ravaging effects of his diabetes. Before Walls knew it, his friend’s life was on the line. In A Gift for Ron, Walls tells the moving story of how he witnessed the suffering of his former mentor and his family and, on hearing that a potential kidney donor had fallen through, learned that he and Ron shared something truly precious: a blood type. Walls knew his only option—to donate a kidney to save his friend’s life.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781599215327
  • Publisher: Lyons Press, The
  • Publication date: 11/3/2009
  • Pages: 229
  • Sales rank: 840,663
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 9.10 (h) x 1.10 (d)

Meet the Author

Everson Walls




Everson Walls is a former four-time All-Pro NFL cornerback who retired in 1993 after fourteen seasons, mostly with the Dallas Cowboys. He lives in Plano, Texas. Kevin B. Blackistone is a national columnist for AOL Sports, a regular panelist on ESPN’s Around the Horn, an XM Satellite Radio host, and a former award-winning sports columnist for the Dallas Morning News. He lives in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Table of Contents

Foreword Frank Deford vi

1 How Lucky We Are 1

2 Family First 16

3 Friendships 30

4 Coach Rob's Team 45

5 You Can Make It 60

6 Lesson from Landry 75

7 Shreill and Adriane 90

8 Erasing Defeat 96

9 The Doctor's Plan 112

10 Walking the Line 129

11 Ron at the Reins 144

12 My Father's Hand 161

13 God's Body 169

14 Somebody's Got to Do It 175

15 It's about the Others 193

16 Ron Lives 206

Index 219

About the Foundation 231

About the Authors 232

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After 14 seasons as an NFL star, most of it with the Dallas Cowboys, though he won a Super Bowl with the NY Giants, Everson Walls retired into a productive and happy life in his hometown of Dallas, Texas. He and close friend, former Cowboys teammate, Ron Springs worked together on a variety of charities and their families became close. But as time wore on Walls began to notice alarming symptoms in his close friend. Springs could no longer conceal the ravaging effects diabetes was having on him and before Walls knew it simple procedures became amputations and thereafter weekly visits to dialysis. This strong man had withered down to someone whose life was on the line. Walls witnessed the suffering his former mentor’s family went through and one day – after hearing that a potential kidney donor and fallen through – demanded to know Ron’s blood type. It was the same as Everson’s and without thinking he knew his only option was to donate a kidney to save his friend’s life
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