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==Reception== ''[[Saturday Review (U.S. magazine)|Saturday Review]]'' called ''Paper Lion'' "the best book written about pro football—-maybe about any sport—because Plimpton captures with absolute fidelity how the average fan might feel given the opportunity to try out for a professional football team."<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-09-27/news/0309270219_1_paris-review-paper-lion-timothy-seldes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806002822/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-09-27/news/0309270219_1_paris-review-paper-lion-timothy-seldes |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 6, 2013 |title=George Plimpton 1927–2003 |last=Schoenberg |first=Nara |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=September 27, 2003 |access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> [[Stefan Fatsis]] joined the [[Denver Broncos]] as a kicker for preseason training camp in 2006. His story, which has been compared to ''Paper Lion'', was told in ''[[A Few Seconds of Panic]]''.<ref>[https://www.pastemagazine.com/books/stefan-fatsis/stefan-fatsis/ Oko, Dan. "Stefan Fatsis," ''Paste'' (magazine), Wednesday, August 27, 2008.] Retrieved December 17, 2022.</ref>
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