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Pro Football in the 1960s

Autor Patrick Gallivan
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 iun 2020
The 1960s were a tumultuous period in U.S. history and the sporting world was not immune to the decade's upturn of tradition. As war in Southeast Asia, civil unrest at home and political assassinations rocked the nation, professional football struggled to attract fans. While some players fought for civil rights and others fought overseas, the ideological divides behind the protests and riots in the streets spilled into the locker rooms, and athletes increasingly brought their political beliefs into the sports world. This history describes how a decade of social upheaval affected life on the gridiron, and the personalities and events that shaped the game. The debut of the Super Bowl, soon to become a fixture of American culture, marked a professional sport on the rise. Increasingly lucrative television contracts and innovations in the filming and broadcasting of games expanded pro football's audiences. An authoritarian old guard, best represented by the revered Vince Lombardi, began to give way as star players like Joe Namath commanded new levels of pay and power. And at last, all teams fielded African American players, belatedly beginning the correction of the sport's greatest wrong.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781476678313
ISBN-10: 1476678316
Pagini: 250
Dimensiuni: 178 x 254 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: McFarland

Notă biografică

Patrick Gallivan is a longtime member of the Pro Football Researchers Association and has written numerous articles for their publication The Coffin Corner. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.

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The 1960s were a tumultuous period in US history and the sporting world was not immune. As war in Southeast Asia, civil unrest at home and political assassinations rocked the nation, professional football struggled to attract fans. This book describes how a decade of social upheaval affected life on the gridiron.