Kristine Setting Clark

Are you a fan of football as it was played during the NFL's Golden Age? Do you want to hear the inside stories of the players who made it happen? One of a handful of women to break into the all-male world of professional football, Dr. Kristine Clark has written more books on the subject than any other woman and was the first to do a book signing at the legendary Pro Football Hall of Fame. A frequent guest on ESPN, the NFL Network, and featured in NFL Films presentations and documentaries, Dr. Clark covered the Hall of Fame induction weekends for Gameday Magazine for 15 years as one of their sportswriters. Her lively talk regales football aficionados with intimate—even shocking—details of Hall of Fame players' professional lives as she skillfully weaves little-known stories into the fascinating history of football's Golden Age.

And Dr. Clark speaks on another topic: cancer survival. If your group is sports-oriented, she'll wow them with her football presentation, but she can also combine both topics into a riveting talk that motivates your audience to overcome any life challenge. Football and cancer in one presentation? Yes! Because if you or a loved one has been diagnosed with cancer or are facing any life challenge that demands strength and courage, you'll gain insights and inspiration from a ground-breaking sportswriter who knows about winning.

The author of Death Was Never an Option! A Humorously Serious Story on Beating Cancer, Dr. Clark shares how she overcame the pains and challenges of the disease—from initial diagnosis through treatment and ultimate recovery. A gifted athlete, physical education teacher, wife, mother, and later, high school administrator and college professor, Kristine Clark has never let anything stand in the way of her goals—not even a life-threatening bout with Hodgkin's Disease, blindness in both eyes for ten months, and resulting partial blindness at age 26. Her passion for life, her unwavering optimism, and her drive to live fully will inspire your group as it has Clark's students, friends, and those about whom she's written—including her childhood football idol and close friend, Bob St. Clair of the San Francisco 49ers. And whether it's football or how to overcome life's obstacles, Clark fills her presentations with humor and engages the audience in a lively Q and A.

If you opt for Dr. Clark's NFL talk, your audience will leave entertained by remarkable stories of football's Golden Age and its contrast to today's far-different game. And if you choose her life-changing cancer survival talk—or both talks combined—you'll feel empowered to deal with any life challenge. Both presentations leave Kristine Clark's audiences infused with optimism based on knowledge so, like her, they're inspired to thrive and survive.