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020 $a9781439913062$q(hardback ;$qalk. paper)
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050 00 $aGV955.5.A45$bR67 2016
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100 1 $aRoss, Charles Kenyatta,$d1964-
245 10 $aMavericks, money, and men :$bthe AFL, Black players, and the evolution of modern football /$cCharles Kenyatta Ross.
264 1 $aPhiladelphia :$bTemple University Press,$c[2016]
300 $a203 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aSporting
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aA 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.
520 $a"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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610 20 $aNational Football League$xHistory.
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610 27 $aNational Football League.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00547559
650 0 $aAfrican American football players.
650 0 $aDiscrimination in sports$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 4 $aRace relations.
650 7 $aSPORTS & RECREATION$xFootball.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE$xEthnic Studies$xAfrican American Studies.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aAfrican American football players.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00799173
650 7 $aDiscrimination in sports.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00895130
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
830 0 $aSporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)
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