Marion Motley

A Life In and Beyond Football

William H. Johnson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

221 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8912-8 (ISBN)

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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. 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.

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.

SABR member William H. Johnson is a retired naval flight officer. He has coauthored a book, and written an array of newspaper and magazine articles, on the story of baseball in eastern Iowa. He lives in Hinesville, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. Early Years: Motley’s Great Northern Migration

2. The College Years: South Carolina and Nevada

3. Post College and Navy Football

4. Welcome to Pro Football (1946)

5. The First Repeat Champions (1947)

6. The First Perfect Season (1948)

7. The Last Days of the AAFC (1949)

8. New League, Same Outcome: Joining the NFL (1950)

9. Decline and Fall of a Legend (1951–1955)

10. Life After Football (1956–1998)

11. Legacy (1999)

Appendix: United States Senate Resolution Honoring Motley and Bill Willis, 2006

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	31.08.2022
Zusatzinfo	13 photos, appendix, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
ISBN-10	1-4766-8912-1 / 1476689121
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8912-8 / 9781476689128
Zustand	Neuware