How do you measure the soul of a city? In Denver, for the better part of five decades, its been by the Broncos. From an ugly and inauspicious beginning to the first nationally televised
Monday night game in 1973, through postseason games that included back-to-back World Championships and four other Super Bowl appearances, the Broncos have provided the Mile High Citys
primary identity on a national level.Denvers love affair for and support of the Broncos certainly helped spawn the eventual arrival and fan loyalty to the other professional teams, but the
term Broncomania was born out of necessity as a response to the genuine fanaticism surrounding pro football in the Mile High City.The nations first truly regional sports franchise, the
Broncos were the first major league team to call Denver home, beginning play as a charter member of the new American Football League, with its first season being 1960. The Denver Broncos
played their first winning season in 1973, which was also the year of their first nationally televised game. Since then, the team has served as the lightning rod in helping to focus the
attention of the nation and the world on Denver.In this book, Denver Broncos Vice President of Public Relations Jim Saccomano relates the personal tales of 20 Broncos who tell us, largely
in their own words, about the greatest game of their Bronco careers. Some of those games involve championships, and others seem ordinary save for extraordinary personal meaningin each case,
it is the player who singles out the game, that moment in time which to him is the most defining of his professional football career.Included are Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, future
Hall of Famers and all-stars, as well as Cinderella stories and players who we
