<P> Grey is left to constantly reminisce about his glory days on the football field, boring and embarrassing those around him . His once - gawky and awkward nephew Donnie becomes a respected scholar and biographer, and his beauty queen wife, Babs, becomes a successful career woman . All of Grey's former teammates move toward their life off the gridiron with infinitely more grace, while Narvel Blue overcomes racism in the South to become a successful restaurateur . </P> <P> As each day passes, Grey falls farther away from his moments of glory . And with each passing day, his relevance, sense of place, and his grasp of the world around him fade until he is diminished to little more than a ghost . </P> <P> Some have said that the main character in the novel is based on Charlie "Choo - Choo" Justice, a real - life North Carolina football star . Then, after the movie was released, simply because the film had been relocated to Louisiana, there were rumors that Deford had based Gavin Grey on LSU's All - American running back, Billy Cannon . Deford has always vigorously denied that the character of Gavin Grey was based on any real person, but was, in fact, a composite of many college stars he had known in several sports . "Never met Justice or Cannon, and hardly knew anything about them ." he says . </P>

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