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Maurice Clarett and Bob Eckhart Author Visit

How My Life Started When My Football Career Ended

Join former OSU star running back Maurice Clarett as he discusses his book One and Done: How My Life Started When My Football Career Ended with co-author Bob Eckhart.

Kickoff the OSU vs Xichigan rivalry week by joining former OSU star running back Maurice Clarett at the Bexley Public Library. Maurice will discuss his book One and Done: How My Life Started When My Football Career Ended with the book's co-author and OSU scholar Bob Eckhart. A book signing will follow the discussion.

About the Authors:

Originally from Youngstown and still with strong ties there, Maurice Clarett currently resides in Central Ohio. His oldest child recently graduated from CSG and his two young sons haven't started school yet. Maurice is both a traditional entrepreneur and social entrepreneur. He and several partners are the owners of the largest group of podiatry practices in the state and also own several vascular centers throughout Ohio. He also founded the Red Zone, a social service agency which is the primary partner for counseling/social work/therapeutic services for Youngstown City Schools. Maurice travels all over the country sharing his own mental health journey which is ongoing. As a true freshman, he starred for one year for the Ohio State Buckeyes, the magical 2002 season where the team went 14-0 and beat the Miami Hurricanes in a double-overtime national championship thriller that is hailed as one of the best college football games of all time. One play from the game, known as "the strip," is perhaps the single greatest play in college football history and is a testament to his supreme athleticism as well as his cognitive approach to football.

A graduate of Columbus Academy ('87), Bob Eckhart taught in the OSU English Department for 20+ years during which time he had a curious sidelight as a mentor/tutor for the OSU athletic department. Maurice was one of many brilliant athletes he worked with and they kept in touch through frequent letters while Maurice was incarcerated. After his release, Bob and Maurice collaborated for 3 years on the book One and Done: How My Life Started When My Football Career Ended. Bob is an international educator, having run programs for OSU in China, Turkey, and Indonesia. He was also the director of the Center for American Culture, funded by the U.S. State Department, on the campus of Wuhan University. Bob has been a Fulbright Scholar in Belarus and Moldova, where he currently lives and teaches. Recently, he has been sent by Professors Without Borders to Uganda, Nigeria, and Turkey to lead short courses at universities there but he maintains a residence in the University District and his mother still lives in Upper Arlington.

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