George Plimpton

George Ames Plimpton (March 18, 1927 – September 25, 2003) was an American journalist, writer and actor.

Books (selected)

• Out Of My League
• Paper Lion about his experience playing professional football
• The Bogey Man about his experiences travelling with the PGA TOUR
• Open Net
• Mad Ducks and Bears
• One More July about the last NFL training camp of former Packer and future coach Bill Curry
• The Curious Case of Sidd Finch; a novel that was an extension of an Sports Illustrated April fool piece about a fictitious baseball pitcher who could throw over 160 mph (250 km/h)
• Truman Capote