Twelve Mighty Orphans
The Inspiring True Story of the Mighty Mites Who Ruled Texas Football
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Barry Abrams
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Jim Dent
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More than a century ago, a school was constructed in Fort Worth, Texas, for the purpose of housing and educating the orphans of Texas Freemasons. It was a humble project that for years existed quietly on a hillside east of town. Life at the Masonic Home was about to change, though, with the arrival of a lean, bespectacled coach by the name of Rusty Russell. Here was a man who could bring rain in the midst of a drought. Here was a man who, in virtually no time at all, brought the orphans' story into the homes of millions of Americans.
In the 1930s and 1940s, there was nothing bigger in Texas high school football than the Masonic Home Mighty Mites - a group of orphans bound together by hardship and death. These youngsters, in spite of being outweighed by at least 30 pounds per man, were the toughest football team around. They began with nothing - not even a football - yet in a few years were playing for the state championship on the highest level of Texas football. This is a winning tribute to a courageous band of underdogs from a time when America desperately needed fresh hope and big dreams.
The Mighty Mites remain a notable moment in the long history of American sports. Just as significant is the depth of the inspirational message. This is a profound lesson in fighting back and clinging to faith.
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The 25th anniversary edition of the number-one New York Times best seller and Sports Illustrated's best football book of all time, with a new afterword by the author. Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa - the winningest high school football team in Texas history.
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Keep This In Mind When You Listen
- De K. en 09-21-18
De: H. G. Bissinger
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Every Moment Matters
- How the World's Best Coaches Inspire Their Athletes and Build Championship Teams
- De: John O'Sullivan
- Narrado por: John O'Sullivan
- Duración: 9 h y 40 m
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In Every Moment Matters, renowned coach educator John O'Sullivan has collected hundreds of interviews with top coaches, sport scientists, psychologists, and athletes and distilled them into a blueprint for becoming a more effective and inspiring leader. Great coaches realize something that others do not: Every moment matters!
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5 out of 5 stars
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Coaching with love
- De Aaron en 03-28-25
De: John O'Sullivan
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Bleachers
- A Novel
- De: John Grisham
- Narrado por: John Grisham
- Duración: 4 h y 19 m
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High school all-American Neely Crenshaw was the best quarterback to play for the Messina Spartans. 15 years have gone by since those glory days, and Neely has come home to Messina to bury Coach Eddie Rake, the man who molded the Spartans into a football dynasty. Now, as Coach Rake's "boys" sit in the bleachers waiting for the dimming field lights to signal his passing, they replay the old games, relive the old glories, and try to decide once and for all whether they love Eddie Rake or hate him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great listen!
- De Patricia B Tripoli en 09-14-03
De: John Grisham
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The Cloudbuster Nine
- The Untold Story of Ted Williams and the Baseball Team That Helped Win World War II
- De: Anne R. Keene, Claudia Williams - foreword
- Narrado por: Anne R. Keene
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
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In 1943, while the New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals were winning pennants and meeting in that year's World Series, one of the nation's strongest baseball teams practiced on a skinned-out college field in the heart of North Carolina. Ted Williams, Johnny Pesky, and Johnny Sain were among a cadre of fighter-pilot cadets who wore the Cloudbuster Nine baseball jersey at an elite Navy training school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story but kind of disjointed.
- De Tom Beeson en 01-06-25
De: Anne R. Keene, y otros
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The Boys of Winter
- The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
- De: Wayne Coffey
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 8 h y 38 m
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Once upon a time, they taught us to believe. They were the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, a blue-collar bunch led by an unconventional coach, and they engineered perhaps the greatest sports moment of the 20th century. Their "Miracle on Ice" has become a national fairy tale, but the real Cinderella story is even more remarkable. It is a legacy of hope, hard work, and homegrown triumph. It is a chronicle of everyday heroes who just wanted to play hockey happily ever after.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great, but...
- De S. B. G. en 02-13-18
De: Wayne Coffey
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Twelve Mighty Orphans
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-06-21
Great book
Not a fan of the narration, though. The narrator has weird accents for the characters in the book. He makes the characters sound dumb which they are not. Plus he tries to give them a southern Texas twang that’s not what Texans sound like at all. But other than that the storyline is excellent and I wouldn’t avoid the book just because of the narration.
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- Darryle
- 06-05-21
Awesome story
Truly captivating and inspiring story, listened straight thru to the end, it was that good!
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- Damian McKeon
- 06-14-21
Great story!!
What a great story! I highly recommend to anyone who is interested in football history!! Great narrator too!
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- Anonymous User
- 01-23-20
Enjoyed Listening
This was my first audio book so dont have anything to compare it to. I did throughly enjoyed listening. I thought it was well done.
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- Linda M. Terry
- 07-10-21
Mighty Mites
This was a wonderful book, well written and all true!! I loved the football boys from the Masonic Homr. I
Definitely had a crush on Coach Russell
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- R. E. McGee
- 12-10-19
HomeBoys
Rings true to me, as I was a HomeBoy in the 60’s and heard all of the stories of the 1930s Mighty Mites.
Was a tough school when I was there, though we never fielded a team that came close to matching the caliber of “The 12 Mighty Orphans”.
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- Don
- 07-31-21
Great book if you are a Texas football fan.
I enjoy true life stories which made this book very interesting. I haven't seen the movie.
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- Stephenie Compher
- 02-09-23
Great Book
One of the most FUN books I’ve ever read. These scrappy, tough little cusses will have you laughing and crying.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-19-19
Great story
Will definitely listen to again. The story is compelling at every chapter knowing that it is true makes it even more compelling. I will study this more in hopefully it is a movie someday . A great story told greatly.
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- Linda
- 11-19-21
elmer
good true story, love football and they were very mighty hope everyone enjoys it like I did
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