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Touchdown Tony: Running with a Purpose

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In the movie tie-in to the Fall 2015 film, Woodlawn, Tony Nathan (the central character of the film) shares his experiences as an African American running back on a mostly white team in 1970s Birmingham, Alabama. His courage and superb ability helped heal a city and propelled him to a successful football career as both a player and coach in the NFL. The movie stars Jon Voight, Nic Bishop, and C. Thomas Howell.

When Tony Nathan got his hands on a football, it was once like Superman putting on his cape for the first time. He stepped onto the field and became a different person—a hero destined to change the course of Alabama history. Come what may, when he held a football, he knew exactly what to do, and it was once those instincts that helped him navigate life in probably the most tumultuous cities in The united states.

In this powerful memoir, Tony reveals how he summoned the courage to “run with purpose” right through the times when racial tensions ran high as he grew from a boy trapped by the racial divide in Birmingham, Alabama, into a successful man and football hero.

Tony’s courage, character, passion, and strength contributed to his impressive career at the field—including two Super Bowls with the Miami Dolphins—and then as a coach who helped train other winning players.

Inspirational and uplifting, Touchdown Tony is not only a at the back of-the-scenes take a look at a perfect football player’s life and career, additionally it is a story of redemption and one man’s hope to change the future.

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