Lost champions
Subtitle: four men, two teams, and the breaking of pro football's color line
By: Gretchen Atwood
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781620406007
Subjects: Cleveland Browns (Football team : 1946-1995); Los Angeles Rams (Football team : 1946-1994); Football; Discrimination in sports; History
Description: Many know the story of Jackie Robinson integrating major league baseball in 1947. But few know that the NFL integrated a year earlier, when Kenny Washington stepped on the field for the Los Angeles Rams. He wasn't the only one. Four men broke pro football's color line in 1946, Kenny Washington and Woody Strode with the Los Angeles Rams and Bill Willis and Marion Motley with the Cleveland Browns.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: First quarter; title: The last word; title: City of angels; title: Moore's Ford Bridge; title: Offside; title: Assault; title: Second quarter; title: Black lightning; title: Backlash; title: Champions; title: Shots fired; title: Third quarter; title: 92 yards; title: Frozen out; title: Undefeated; title: Jackie; title: Cleveland's year; title: Good-bye; title: Fourth quarter; title: Younger; title: Swan song; title: Spring training; title: Goalposts; title: Overtime; title: On history.