In the small town of Coalwood, West Virginia, there weren’t many options concerning your future. In fact, there were only two. If you were lucky, you would go to college on a football scholarship, or you would end up working in the coalmines for the rest of your life. But Homer Hickam decided to do things a little differently.
Homer Hickam was an average boy. He went to high school but didn’t play any sports. His brother on the other hand was an all-star football player. Homer