Heart of a Mule

By Dick Schafrath

Book Overview

He won national football championships with the 1964 Cleveland Browns and the 1957 Ohio State University Buckeyes. He served four terms in the Ohio senate. He was the first person ever to canoe across Lake Erie. He ran sixty miles nonstop between Cleveland and Wooster, Ohio, on a bet. He met presidents ... He wrestled bears.

Dick Schafrath sure has plenty of stories to tell.

In this book, he tells the most remarkable stories from his first seventy years. Stories of growing up on an Ohio farm with no plumbing, plowing behind a pair of mules. Of playing alongside famous teammates and coaches--Jim Brown, Paul Brown, Woody Hayes ... Of political campaigns and publicity stunts. Of returning to Ohio State to finish his undergraduate degree--after fifty years Of a life dedicated to hard work and a stubborn determination that earned him his longtime nickname, "The Mule."

Wild and wonderful, told in a warm, personal style, these stories are sure to entertain and inspire.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159851024X
• ISBN13: 9781598510249
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Told in a friendly, conversational tone, these varied stories are sure to delight and inspire

Heart of a Mule: The Dick Schafrath Stories is the autobiography covering seventy years of a truly remarkable man's life. Dick Schafrath tells of his childhood on an Ohio farm with no plumbing, plowing behind a pair of mules; winning national football championships; serving four terms in the Ohio senate; being the first person to ever canoe across Lake Erie; returning to Ohio State to finish his undergraduate degree after fifty years had passed; and much more. Told in a friendly, conversational tone, these varied stories are sure to delight and inspire, as they convey a rich life marked by rising to challenges. Highly recommended.