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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Eisenberg, John, 1956-     Subjects     Quarterbacks (Football), Black -- United States -- History.     Quarterbacks (Football) -- United States -- History.     Football players, Black -- United States -- History.     Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Eisenberg, John, 1956-       by title:      Rocket men : the Bla...       by call number:      796.3320922 E36r     Search the Web     Eisenberg, John, 1956-     Quarterbacks (Football), Black -- United States -- History.     Quarterbacks (Football) -- United States -- History.     Football players, Black -- United States -- History.     Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.       MARC Display

Rocket men : the Black quarterbacks who revolutionized pro football / John Eisenberg. by Eisenberg, John, 1956- Basic Books, 2023. Call #: 796.3320922 E36r Subjects Quarterbacks (Football), Black -- United States -- History.   Quarterbacks (Football) -- United States -- History.   Football players, Black -- United States -- History.   Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9781541600409 (hc) Edition:  1st ed. Description:  410 p. ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "Before there was Colin Kaepernick, there was Fritz Pollard. The first Black quarterback to play in the NFL, Pollard was a dynamo, leading his team to a national championship, drawing record crowds, and earning the highest salary in the league. He was also subject to a constant stream of racist abuse. Spectators jeered and threw rocks, and opposing players singled him out, using the cover of the game to pummel the only Black man on the field. It would be nearly fifty years before another NFL team started a Black man as quarterback. In Rocket Men, sportswriter John Eisenberg offers the definitive history of Black quarterbacks in the league-men who not only shaped the history of football, but made indelible contributions to the cause of civil rights in America. As Eisenberg recounts, white coaches, scouts, and team owners long perceived Black players as unfit for the quarterback position. Believing Black athletes could not play 'in thinking roles,' they relegated them to running back, defensive back, and receiver positions. In the late 1960s, a few teams began to bring on Black quarterbacks once more. Players like James 'Shack' Harris and Marlin Briscoe proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Black men could play the position just as well-if not better-than their white peers. Yet it wouldn't be until the 1990s, when the league began hiring more Black coaches and general managers, that Black quarterbacks truly got the opportunity to shine. When they did, they transformed the game. Drawing on exclusive interviews with dozens of Black quarterbacks and the players, coaches, and managers who work alongside them, Rocket Men is a reminder of how much Black quarterbacks have had to overcome to gain a space in pro football, and a celebration of the athletes and activists who paved the way for today's Black quarterbacks to triumph."--Publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 796.3320922 E36r Adult books Checked out Jul 20, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Black Nonfiction 796.3320922 E36r Adult books Checked out Jul 25, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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