Books
Rene A. Henry has authored eight books and most are available from amazon.com or your local book store.
Rene A. Henry has authored eight books and most are available from amazon.com or your local book store.
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Offsides! - Fred Wyant's Provocative Look Inside the NFL
(Xlibris with Gollywobbler Productions, hardcover and paperback, 2001)
An official in the National Football League for 27 years, 19 of those as a referee, Fred Wyant begins where others end
with this candid and provocative look inside the NFL including:
- the calls officials miss most and why,
- the greed of owners who want public funding for new stadiums,
- the pros and cons of instant replay,
- the lack of positive role models in football today, and
- the tolerance of coaches and owners who allow players who perform on the field to abuse women, drugs and alcohol
off the field.
(Xlibris with Gollywobbler Productions, hardcover and paperback, 2001)
An official in the National Football League for 27 years, 19 of those as a referee, Fred Wyant begins where others end
with this candid and provocative look inside the NFL including:
- the calls officials miss most and why,
- the greed of owners who want public funding for new stadiums,
- the pros and cons of instant replay,
- the lack of positive role models in football today, and
- the tolerance of coaches and owners who allow players who perform on the field to abuse women, drugs and alcohol
off the field.
From delineating how each member of the team is challenged with 1,500 decisions in a game to illuminating league policies, Wyant reveals
what it's really like to be part of America's most popular sport. Considered by his peers as one of the league's best referees, he never
officiated a Super Bowl because he operated "outside the system" of his Park Avenue supervisors.
Author Rene A. Henry blends Wyant's account with 70 interviews with executives, players and coaches including Mike Ditka, Don Shula,
Sam Huff, Lou Holtz, Peter Ueberroth, Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, Marv Levy, Chuck Howley, owners Michael Brown
and Dan Rooney and referees Jim Tunney and Red Cashion.
what it's really like to be part of America's most popular sport. Considered by his peers as one of the league's best referees, he never
officiated a Super Bowl because he operated "outside the system" of his Park Avenue supervisors.
Author Rene A. Henry blends Wyant's account with 70 interviews with executives, players and coaches including Mike Ditka, Don Shula,
Sam Huff, Lou Holtz, Peter Ueberroth, Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, Marv Levy, Chuck Howley, owners Michael Brown
and Dan Rooney and referees Jim Tunney and Red Cashion.
You'd Better
Have A Hose
If You Want
To Put Out
The Fire
(Gollywobbler
Productions,
paperback, 2000)
Have A Hose
If You Want
To Put Out
The Fire
(Gollywobbler
Productions,
paperback, 2000)
Marketing
Public
Relations -
the HOWS
that make it
work!
(Iowa State
University Press,
hardcover 1995,
paperback 2000)
Public
Relations -
the HOWS
that make it
work!
(Iowa State
University Press,
hardcover 1995,
paperback 2000)
Bears
Handbook -
Stories, Stats
and Stuff About
Baylor Football
(Midwest Sports
Publishing,
paperback, 1996)
Handbook -
Stories, Stats
and Stuff About
Baylor Football
(Midwest Sports
Publishing,
paperback, 1996)
How To
Profitably Buy &
Sell Land
(John Wiley & Sons,
hardcover 1977)
Profitably Buy &
Sell Land
(John Wiley & Sons,
hardcover 1977)
Other Published Works
MIUS AND YOU - The Developer Looks At A New Utility concept, co-author, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, the first
definitive book written on utility cogeneration, 1980, co-author with Joseph G. Honick, Richard W. O'Neill and Fernando Oaxaca.
A Look At the U.S. Olympic Committee In the Year 2000, co-author of the report of the USOC's Long Range Strategic Planning Task Force,
July 1988, co-author with David Jay Flood, FAIA
Vacation Homes Plans & Products Guide, editor, Hudson Publishing Co., 1965
Contributor to the report of the President's Committee On Urban Housing (Kaiser Committee), 1965
Contributor to the report of the National Commission On Urban Problems (Douglas Commission), 1967
Numerous op/eds, opinion pieces, features and commentaries.
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Communicating In A Crisis: A guide for management
Gollywobbler Productions, 2008
Paperback $34.95 (ISBN 978-0-9674535-2-1) Hardcover $49.95 (ISBN 978-0-9674535-2-1)
Every company, organization, nonprofit and college and university is vulnerable to a crisis. Unfortunately, most are
not prepared when a crisis strikes. The book cites five generic crises every company should have in place in addition
to crises specific to its business or service: terrorism; acts of Mother Nature, including earthquakes, floods, hurricanes
and tornadoes; sexual harassment and discrimination; violence in the workplace; and environmental pollution. One
chapter tells the reader how to fight back and win when wronged or maligned. A chapter on customer service stresses
its importance in helping prevent crises. Working relationships are outlined between PR counselors and lawyers
during crises.
Gollywobbler Productions, 2008
Paperback $34.95 (ISBN 978-0-9674535-2-1) Hardcover $49.95 (ISBN 978-0-9674535-2-1)
Every company, organization, nonprofit and college and university is vulnerable to a crisis. Unfortunately, most are
not prepared when a crisis strikes. The book cites five generic crises every company should have in place in addition
to crises specific to its business or service: terrorism; acts of Mother Nature, including earthquakes, floods, hurricanes
and tornadoes; sexual harassment and discrimination; violence in the workplace; and environmental pollution. One
chapter tells the reader how to fight back and win when wronged or maligned. A chapter on customer service stresses
its importance in helping prevent crises. Working relationships are outlined between PR counselors and lawyers
during crises.
This book tells the reader how to organize a crisis team and develop a plan, 10 steps to take to resolve a crisis and prevent is from
exacerbating, and how to manage communications in crisis. Scores of anecdotes and case histories from actual crises highlight
recommended dos and don'ts. There are in-depth chapters related specifically for the travel, tourism and hospitality industry; sports and
events; the workplace; government at all levels, and higher education.
Book Reviews of Communicating In A Crisis - (click below to link to full review)
Count Enemies, Friends, Says Henry by Jack O'Dwyer, www.odwyperpr.com, November 12, 2008 and O'Dwyer's PR Report, Vol. 22, No.
12, December 2008
'Communicating in a Crisis' Delivers the Goods for Crisis Management Professionals; Customer Service Information Included for Public
Contact Employees by David M. Kinchen, Huntingtonnews.net Book Critic, September 30, 2008
exacerbating, and how to manage communications in crisis. Scores of anecdotes and case histories from actual crises highlight
recommended dos and don'ts. There are in-depth chapters related specifically for the travel, tourism and hospitality industry; sports and
events; the workplace; government at all levels, and higher education.
Book Reviews of Communicating In A Crisis - (click below to link to full review)
Count Enemies, Friends, Says Henry by Jack O'Dwyer, www.odwyperpr.com, November 12, 2008 and O'Dwyer's PR Report, Vol. 22, No.
12, December 2008
'Communicating in a Crisis' Delivers the Goods for Crisis Management Professionals; Customer Service Information Included for Public
Contact Employees by David M. Kinchen, Huntingtonnews.net Book Critic, September 30, 2008
The book tells the story of the 1953 William & Mary football team that had only 24 players and lost only once in its first six
games. The team was decimated because of an Honor Code offense and lost some 30 players, eight starters and both co-
captains. Coach Jack Freeman also only had 15 scholarships.
Called “The Iron Indians,” wins included Wake Forest, N.C. St., Virginia Tech, and Richmond and a tie against nationally-ranked
Navy. Injuries took their toll late in the season, but W&M finished with a 5-4-1 record. The next winning season was in 1965 in
Marv Levy’s second year as head coach.
Jack Freeman faced challenges that few coaches today would accept. He didn’t have enough players for a full scrimmage so in
practice when running plays to the right side of the line, he had the left side play defense and vice versa. Tackling and blocking
dummies were used in spaces when players were injured, which was frequent.
“This book should be a must read for all college presidents and athletic directors,” says Henry. “It is an example why college
football costs need to be brought under control just like the national debt. They need to stop making excuses for football;
blaming Title IX for all of their athletic department problems; and stop dropping non-revenue Olympic sports from programs
every year.”
The opening section of the book cites world and U.S. history during the Fifties as well as what was happening on the William &
Mary campus. There are romantic, comedic and dramatic anecdotes Henry gained from numerous interviews with classmates
and the players and their families. The book supplements information from the 1953 media guide with career biographical
information on all 24 players and the coaching staff. There are pre-season stories as well as a complete narrative and
statistical recap of all 10 games.
Five of the players were veterans returning from Korea. Most of the others entered military service after graduation. Three
became prominent attorneys. Six were drafted by or signed professional contracts with NFL teams. Several were Dean’s List
and one Phi Beta Kappa. Two were pre-season Academic all-Americans. Several grew up in small Pennsylvania coal mining
towns. Many married their college sweethearts in what became lifetime relationships.
Rene A. Henry is a 1954 graduate of William & Mary and was the college's sports information director during this season,
serving in that capacity as a student his senior year. He and his partner, Gabor Nagy, are adapting the book for a screenplay
for a feature motion picture. It is registered with the Writers Guild of America, West, Inc.
Reviews -
"The Iron Indians": How A Small College Achieved Football Success With 24 Players, Barebones Budget by Dave Kinchen
Fabled Iron Indians of 1953 Remembered In New Book by Pete Kalison
http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/iron-indians-recalls-a-season-of-grit,-determination.php by Jim Ducibella
games. The team was decimated because of an Honor Code offense and lost some 30 players, eight starters and both co-
captains. Coach Jack Freeman also only had 15 scholarships.
Called “The Iron Indians,” wins included Wake Forest, N.C. St., Virginia Tech, and Richmond and a tie against nationally-ranked
Navy. Injuries took their toll late in the season, but W&M finished with a 5-4-1 record. The next winning season was in 1965 in
Marv Levy’s second year as head coach.
Jack Freeman faced challenges that few coaches today would accept. He didn’t have enough players for a full scrimmage so in
practice when running plays to the right side of the line, he had the left side play defense and vice versa. Tackling and blocking
dummies were used in spaces when players were injured, which was frequent.
“This book should be a must read for all college presidents and athletic directors,” says Henry. “It is an example why college
football costs need to be brought under control just like the national debt. They need to stop making excuses for football;
blaming Title IX for all of their athletic department problems; and stop dropping non-revenue Olympic sports from programs
every year.”
The opening section of the book cites world and U.S. history during the Fifties as well as what was happening on the William &
Mary campus. There are romantic, comedic and dramatic anecdotes Henry gained from numerous interviews with classmates
and the players and their families. The book supplements information from the 1953 media guide with career biographical
information on all 24 players and the coaching staff. There are pre-season stories as well as a complete narrative and
statistical recap of all 10 games.
Five of the players were veterans returning from Korea. Most of the others entered military service after graduation. Three
became prominent attorneys. Six were drafted by or signed professional contracts with NFL teams. Several were Dean’s List
and one Phi Beta Kappa. Two were pre-season Academic all-Americans. Several grew up in small Pennsylvania coal mining
towns. Many married their college sweethearts in what became lifetime relationships.
Rene A. Henry is a 1954 graduate of William & Mary and was the college's sports information director during this season,
serving in that capacity as a student his senior year. He and his partner, Gabor Nagy, are adapting the book for a screenplay
for a feature motion picture. It is registered with the Writers Guild of America, West, Inc.
Reviews -
"The Iron Indians": How A Small College Achieved Football Success With 24 Players, Barebones Budget by Dave Kinchen
Fabled Iron Indians of 1953 Remembered In New Book by Pete Kalison
http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2011/iron-indians-recalls-a-season-of-grit,-determination.php by Jim Ducibella
THE IRON INDIANS
Based on the 1953 William & Mary Football Team
Gollywobbler Productions, 2011
Trade Paperback $14.95 (ISBN 978-0-9674535-3-8)
Order from W&M Alumni Association Gift Shop, www.wmalumni.com/store or email at
wmgift@wm.edu, or call 757-221-1170, or at Amazon.com or your local bookstore.
Any one who thinks a college football team needs to be three times the size of a
professional NFL team and have 85 scholarship players needs to read The Iron Indians.
Based on the 1953 William & Mary Football Team
Gollywobbler Productions, 2011
Trade Paperback $14.95 (ISBN 978-0-9674535-3-8)
Order from W&M Alumni Association Gift Shop, www.wmalumni.com/store or email at
wmgift@wm.edu, or call 757-221-1170, or at Amazon.com or your local bookstore.
Any one who thinks a college football team needs to be three times the size of a
professional NFL team and have 85 scholarship players needs to read The Iron Indians.
The following books authored by Rene A. Henry are now out of print but can be found from various
sources on the Internet, including used books at amazon.com.
sources on the Internet, including used books at amazon.com.