Jan 20 from 7-9PM at The Texas Theater
$10 tickets (includes $10 off the purchase of the book, list price $26.95)
Deep Vellum and Pan African Connection present Eric Dickerson gracing Texas on January 20th, at 7 pm, to discuss Watch My Smoke (Haymarket Books), an examination of an extraordinary man and an extraordinary career. Join us at the historic Texas Theatre to hear this legendary NFL personality in conversation with Jean-Jacques Taylor, Dallasite and award-winning journalist. Tickets for sale at door or online ahead of time.
About the author:
Eric Dickerson is a Hall of Fame NFL running back and the greatest player in Los Angeles Rams history. He owns the single season rushing yards record, football’s most hallowed mark, with 2,105 in 1984, and he accumulated 10,000 career rushing yards faster than any runner in league history. Born and raised in Sealy, Texas, Eric became the country’s top recruit as a high school senior and committed to Southern Methodist University, where he anchored the famous “Pony Express” backfield. He is currently an analyst for FS1 and joined the Rams front office as Vice President of Business Development. He lives in Los Angeles.
About the book:
Eric Dickerson is the record-holder for most rushing yards in a season, and his prime was the best of any running back in NFL history. Yet an aura of negativity trailed him his entire career.
His style was iconic, and vintage ‘80s: aviator goggles, Jheri curls, neck roll, boxy pads.
Eric Dickerson is the greatest player in Los Angeles Rams history and the NFL’s single season record holder for most rushing yards. In 2019, Dickerson was named to the National Football League’s 100th Anniversary All-Time Team. With an elegant upright running style that produced some of football’s most-watched highlights, it was said he was so smooth you couldn’t hear his pads clack as he glided past you.
But during his Hall of Fame career, his greatness was often overshadowed by his contentious disputes with Rams management about his contract. In the pre-free agency era, tensions over his exploitative contract often overshadowed his accomplishments. What’s his problem? went the familiar refrain from the media. Can’t he just shut up and run?
It’s time to reexamine how Eric Dickerson was portrayed. For the first time, he’s telling his story. And he’s not holding anything back.
More information about the book can be found HERE. Copies will be for sale at the event.