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Ross, Charles Kenyatta, 1964-
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American Football League -- History.
National Football League -- History.
African American football players.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
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Mavericks, money, an...
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Mavericks, money, and men : the AFL, Black players, and the evolution of modern football / Charles Kenyatta Ross.
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Ross, Charles Kenyatta, 1964-
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, c2016.
Subjects
American Football League -- History.
National Football League -- History.
African American football players.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
ISBN:
9781439913062
1439913064
9781439913079 (paperback)
1439913072 (paperback)
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Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Description:
203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
A new league with new opportunities -- "We don't tote no coloreds" -- "We will kick to the clock" -- Boycott in New Orleans -- From merger to Super Bowl -- The new NFL -- Marlin Briscoe and the dawn of Black quarterbacks -- The birth of modern pro football -- The state of the game II.
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"The American Football League, established in 1960, was innovative both in its commitment to finding talented, overlooked players--particularly those who played for historically black colleges and universities--and in the decision by team owners to share television revenues. In Mavericks, Money and Men, football historian Charles Ross chronicles the AFL's key events, including Buck Buchanan becoming the first overall draft pick in 1963, and the 1965 boycott led by black players who refused to play in the AFL-All Star game after experiencing blatant racism. He also recounts how the success of the AFL forced a merger with the NFL in 1969, which arguably facilitated the evolution of modern professional football. Ross shows how the league, originally created as a challenge to the dominance of the NFL, pressured for and ultimately accelerated the racial integration of pro football and also allowed the sport to adapt to how African Americans were themselves changing the game."--Publisher's Web site.
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Hawaii State Library
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796.33264 Ro
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796.33264 Ro
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