George, being George a new book detailing the life of George Plimpton, looks to be a great read. Plimpton’s life was a remarkable one, and in some ways reminds me of the film Forrest Gump, of course only if Forrest had been incredibly brilliant.
Read the New York Times review
See if you can spot the thing that Plimpton didn’t actually do?
1. Was at Bobby Kennedy’s side when he was assassinated, and wrestled Sirhan Sirhan to the ground following the shooting.
2. Played goaltender for the Boston Bruins
3. Played quarterback for the Detroit Lions-back when the Lions were a good football team. Yeah, I know it was a long, long time ago.
4. Was a drinking buddy of Ernest Hemingway in Havana after Castro lead the revolution in Cuba.
5. Was a sparring partner for heavyweight boxing world champion Archie Moore
6. Editor for literary quarterly Paris Review
7. Worked as a trapeze artist in a circus.
8. Played triangle in the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein
9. Had speaking parts in several films starring alongside, John Wayne, (Rio Bravo), Peter O’Toole (Lawrence of Arabia), and Warren Beatty (Reds).
10. Played on the PGA tour with Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus
George Plimpton, originally uploaded by bluelephant.
The answer is that this is a trick question, he did all of these things.
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