AMES, Iowa- This year marks the 40th anniversary of the release of one of the best and most underappreciated sports movies of all-time. In 1968, the movie "Paper Lion" was released to rave reviews. It chronicled the experiences of famed writer George Plimpton, who introduced his best-selling book Paper Lion in 1966 about going through an actual National Football League training camp with the Detroit Lions as a rookie quarterback in 1963.

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