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After winning a super bowl ring with the tampa bay buccaneers and witnessing teamwork and leadership from his time in the scouting departments of the bucs and jacksonville jaguars, i talked tony dungy into writing a book. In the new york times best seller uncommon, dungy reveals secrets to achieving significance that he has learned from his remarkable parents, his. A pair of tony dungy books, one of which is signed. Dungy has been working with a number of christian evangelical groups. Manziel is poised to become somebodys new quarterback, but dungy, the former head coach of the buccaneers and. He has had a profound impact on indianapolis that goes far beyond football. His parents were wilbur dungy 19262004, a science professor at jackson college, and cleomae dungy 19202002, who taught shakespeare at jackson high school in michigan.
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