In the short story “The Eighty-Yard Run” by Irwin Shaw, he describes fifteen years of a man’s life, Christian Darling. He is a football player in college, running eighty yards during practice. Darling never escapes that world of being a young adult with an amazing practice and a cute girl by his side. The Eighty-Yard Run by Irwin Shaw, 1955 Continue reading → February 7, 2016 January 26, 2016 by bcw56 Categories: Short Story Magic Tricks Tags: 1950s, American lit, American literature, analysis, criticism, fiction, football, Irwin Shaw, short stories, The Eighty-Yard Run Leave a comment. Complete summary of Irwin Shaw's The Eighty-Yard Run. ENotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Eighty-Yard Run.