Terry Bradshaw

Terry Bradshaw is an American former NFL quarterback, broadcaster, and author. A Louisiana Tech player selected first in the 1970 draft, he spent his professional playing career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and led the team to four Super Bowl victories. He entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989 and developed a second career explaining and discussing football on television.

Bradshaw’s books record different stages of that public life. Early autobiographies appeared while he was still playing, followed by Looking Deep near the time of his Hall of Fame induction. His collaborations with David Fisher include It’s Only a Game, Keep It Simple, and the 2026 memoir Looking for Terry. Football memories share space with family experiences, faith, entertainment, and accounts of personal difficulties.

Broadcasting extended Bradshaw’s connection with the NFL after injuries ended his playing career. He worked for CBS and later Fox, while acting appearances and public speaking introduced him to audiences beyond game coverage. His writing often uses the humor associated with that television personality, but the memoirs also address the difference between a familiar public image and experiences that viewers might not know.

Football Books

No Easy Game: Bradshaw tells his personal story in this early collaboration with Charles Paul Conn. Written during his playing career, the account discusses his feelings about football alongside the experiences and beliefs shaping his life. It presents the quarterback’s own perspective before the completion of the championship years that would later define his reputation, preserving an earlier stage in his understanding of professional sport. Published in 1973.

Terry Bradshaw: Man of Steel: Bradshaw and David Diles recount the achievements and setbacks of the quarterback’s football career alongside the place of family and faith in his life. Photographs accompany an autobiographical account written during Pittsburgh’s championship era. The book presents sporting success as one part of a personal story, connecting the public player’s experiences with relationships and beliefs beyond the game. Published in 1979.

Looking Deep: Bradshaw looks back on his Steelers career and the relationships that accompanied its success. Written with Buddy Martin, the memoir includes the Immaculate Reception, championship seasons, teammates, and his difficult relationship with coach Chuck Noll. Personal reflections extend into marriage and family, considering what he wanted from life after a playing career that had brought extraordinary recognition. Published in 1989.

It's Only a Game: Bradshaw and David Fisher combine football recollections with stories about childhood, religion, family, and work after retirement. The memoir examines learning difficulties and the public assumptions that followed him, while also recounting successes and failures in television. Humor accompanies an account of adapting to life beyond playing, presenting the familiar broadcaster through experiences that extend outside the stadium. Published in 2001.

Keep It Simple: Bradshaw offers reflections on responding to setbacks, relationships, and daily decisions in this collaboration with David Fisher. Personal anecdotes and self-deprecating humor accompany short statements about ways of approaching life. His marriages, mistakes, and experiences beyond football provide material for a book that extends the conversational style of his earlier memoir into more explicitly practical observations. Published in 2002.

Looking for Terry: A Memoir: Bradshaw revisits football, broadcasting, and family life while examining the vulnerability behind a well-known public personality. Written with David Fisher, the memoir addresses depression, cancer, faith, and the challenges of being underestimated. Memories of calling plays and winning championships accompany reflections on changes in football and the physical and emotional consequences that remain after a celebrated career. Published in 2026.