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Marion Motley

By Johnson, William H.

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Marion Motley

By Johnson, William H.

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"As a star linebacker for the Cleveland Browns in the 1940s and 1950s, Marion Motley invented the modern concept of the fullback. In 1946, he and three other players broke professional football's color barrier, helping set the stage for Jackie Robinson's desegregation of Major League baseball in 1947. Retiring with five championships and the universal respect of his peers, Motley returned to ordinary life as a black man in pre-Civil Rights Act America. Because his career pre-dated nationally televised football, Motley's name is largely unknown today, when a figure of his stature would enjoy celebrity as a coach or owner. This first ever biography tells the story of the football player Sports Illustrated's Paul "Dr. Z" Zimmerman described as the greatest ever to take the field"--
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
222
Release Date:
2022-10-17
Publication Date:
2022-10-17
Publisher:
McFarland and Company, Inc.
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1476689121
ISBN13:
9781476689128
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
368 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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