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Mavericks, money, and men : the AFL, Black players, and the evolution of modern football
- Title
- Mavericks, money, and men : the AFL, Black players, and the evolution of modern football / Charles Kenyatta Ross.
- Author
- Ross, Charles Kenyatta, 1964-
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2016]
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- Description
- 203 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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.
- Series Statement
- Sporting
- Uniform Title
- Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Subjects
- Discrimination in sports
- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- American Football League History
- Black author
- Discrimination in sports > United States > History
- African American football players
- History
- SPORTS & RECREATION > Football
- National Football League
- American Football League
- National Football League History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 16-985
- ISBN
- 9781439913062
- 1439913064
- 9781439913079
- 1439913072
- LCCN
- 2015031425
- OCLC
- 921839865
- Author
- Ross, Charles Kenyatta, 1964-
- Title
- Mavericks, money, and men : the AFL, Black players, and the evolution of modern football / Charles Kenyatta Ross.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- SportingSporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 16-985