One year before Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball, four black players joined the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams to become the first African-American pro football players in the modern era. Players who began their careers from 1946 to 1955 reminisce about the violence they faced on and off the field, the world of segregation and the violence it brought, but also of white players and coaches who assisted and supported their careers.
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One year before Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball, four black players joined the Cleveland Browns and Los Angeles Rams to become the first African-American pro football players in the modern era. Players who began their careers from 1946 to 1955 reminisce about the violence they faced on and off the field, the world of segregation and the violence it brought, but also of white players and coaches who assisted and supported their careers.
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Good. 1st Printing. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. pp. 258. Ex-library with the usual library markings (if not for the library markings this copy would be graded in fine condition); overall a nice used copy! Black and white pictorial wrapper with black and white lettering. 258 historical and informative pages! "One year before Jackie Robinson broke the color line in Major League Baseball in 1947, four black players joined the Cleveland Browns and the Los Angeles Rams to become the first professional football players of African American descent in the modern era. While blacks had played on professional teams in the early days of pro football, none had joined a team since 1934. In Gridiron Gauntlet, twelve players who began their careers from 1946 to 1955 reminisce not only about the violence they faced on and off the field, the segregated hotels and restaurants, and general hostility that comes with being a trailblazer, but also about white players and coaches who assisted and supported them at various stages of their lives....."
