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Until a mere generation ago, black football players were largely unproven as quarterbacks since they were excluded from a position that demanded strategic thinking instead of brute force. So, talented players headed north, rising to stardom in Canada. John Danakas profiles the pioneering athletes who donned new team colours and changed their sport.

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black quarterbacks
Great read on how black QB's had to take the long road to play their position professionally

Supposedly for kids, the whiny, left-wing liberal book waters down the CFL's great history...
William C. Rhoden, myslef and other authors have
tackled the subject of black QBs before and nei-
ther this author, nor Rhoden seem to present a
complete picture. Rhoden almost completely mis-
ses the CFL (and naturally, Arena Football), and
the Canadian author here, is very illiterate on
the NFL/USFL/Arena Football, the latter two of
these American leagues (and correctly the CFL)
have always been very fair to ALL QBs, let alone
just black ones.

Bernie Custis was just a very good athlete, more-so
than just a QB and was ALL-CFL at both QB and RB.
His career was very short because of a leg injury,
not prejudice. The problem with 'specially' books
like this Canadian entry on black QBs, which the
author has some sort of perverse fetish for, and
say, John W's book of the B.C. Lions is, both are
far leftists, who want to sensationalize the black
QB experience in the CFL to sell books. What do you
expect from frustrated Winnipeg Blue Bomber fans(?!),
who's fading franchise [no longer community owned!]
hasn't won a Grey Cup since 1990?

Rich Salzer,
Football Historian and 2% Owner
of the Saskatchewan Roughriders ... Read more

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North American football was born in Canada in the 1860s. For decades, though,the growth of Canadian football was slow to change from its rugby traditions. In recent decades, it has been in the shadow of its largest competitor, the National Football League. Although hockey is held up as Canada's number one sport, the CFL has enjoyed as rich and storied atradition in Canadian sports history. This book is not the usual general history detailing on-field accomplishments, Grey Cup winners etc. Instead, it combines an historical look through 2003 with discussion of continuous themes which have shaped the League. These include the role of the Canadian player, competition from other pro sports, the media's role in creating an image of the CFL, Canadians' attitudes towards pro sports, and how the CFL continually struggles to survive - often in spite of itself. ... Read more

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A very good book on the CFL
First of all, Mr O'Brien's book is truly informative about the last couple of decades of the CFL's long history. Thus, if you are familiar with the league's early years, the text supplies an excellent (though sometimes "heavy" in details) history of the venerable Canadian institution. Quite a few questions and hypotheses about the social and national elements associated with the sport are offered always in an intelligent and well documented manner. It is unfortunate a prequel book (especially for the years following WWII up to Mr O'Brien's study) does not exist although the author includes a condensed history of the sport in the first chapters.

However, it would have been nice if a number of pictures had been included in the book. I suspect marketing/price reasons must have prevented the author to do so.

I highly recommend the book and hope that much more titles regarding the CFL would be available.

Don't take it personally ... It's just business.

The book is designed to present a behind-the-scenes account
of the various peculiar business decisions made by the modern-era CFL ...
with particular attention given to the expansion experiment into the USA.

The CFL exists today
because of -- or in spite of --
these decisions.

If you're interested in delving into that sort of thing,
then this book is a very interesting read.

If you're looking for player stats and/or game highlights,
then this is probably not for you.

Not What I Expected For a CFL History
Being a collector of books on team histories, I bought this book expecting to see a year-by-year history of the CFL, team by team, along with many great photos. Needless to say, I was very disappointed. After browsing through this book and not finding what I was expecting, I returned the book for a prompt refund.

Good review of the CFL
For those who want to know the history of football in Canada this book might be for you. It borrows from Frank Cosentino's two books ("Canadian Football: The Grey Cup Years" and "A Passing Game, A History of the CFL"). However, there is enough original research to make this book worth the buy. I heartily recommend it.

Aren't many books written about the CFL
As a previous reviwer mentioned this is somewhat of a hard book to read.I did not know that the CFL per se was not formed until 1958.I did not know that until the last couple of decades that all the western teams (smaller cities) except Vancouver were community owned teams.

I watched the Grey Cup growing up in the 60s on ABC Wide World of Sports.I remember the 1962 Grey Cup which was fogged out.It was between Winnipeg (Bud Grant's team) and Toronto.Through the years I've always followed the CFL whenever I could get it on cable.

For a football fan the first 6 or 7 chapters are the most interesting.There much emphasis on the American expanison in the mid-90s.The last six chapters or so would be enjoyed more by a Canadian, as it talks more about their culture.

Apparently there was a lot of mismanagement by the league & owners.The books provides a lot of recall about the promoters and charlatans who bought franchises in new sports leagues or expansions.They had balls, though more often than not very limited funds.

I visited Canada several times, but never picked up on the psychology of their citizens.Canada basically has an inferiority complex when thinking of itself compared to the U.S.The BoSox Yankee rivalry, as is most rivalries, is due to Bostonians self-perceived inferiority to New York.

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absolutely brilliant!
Not only does this capture a time (1945-70) when the CFL was great but it really shows how truly a special part of Canadian sports culture the CFL once was. Sure, the CFL has never gone away but in the days before cable TV and the NFL being beamed into every Canadian home, the CFL was all we had. Although I only experienced the period after this, it reminded me so much of stories my father used to tell of the greats--Jackie Parker, Normie Kwong, Sam Etcheverry, etc. It made the CFL's rich history really come alive and wish I could have been alive to see it all in its glory. ... Read more

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Normie Kwong's parents immigrated to Canada from China in the early 1900s. For them, and many other Asian immigrants, moving meant having to face both the government's anti-Asian policies and society's attitude of Chinese exclusion. But Normie overcame it all and, despite his small stature, in 1948 he became the youngest footballer ever to play in a Grey Cup game. Nicknamed the "China Clipper" as a nod to both his Chinese heritage and his record-setting speed on the football field, Kwong went on to become a hero and popular sports role model for generations of football fans in the West. After retiring from football, Kwong entered politics and was later appointed Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. [4.9] ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tom Scott (born November 19, 1951 in Oakland, California) was a Canadian Football League receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos and Calgary Stampeders. In an 11 year professional career from 1974-1984, he caught 649 passes for 10,837 yards and 88 touchdowns. Scott was a part of five Grey Cup winning teams with the Eskimos. He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, where he was inducted in 1998. He attended the University of Washington. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tom Wilkinson was a football quarterback for several teams in the Canadian Football League. He was born in Iowa on January 4, 1943 but moved to Wyoming with his parents in 1945. Tom Wilkinson played high school football in the small town of Greybull, Wyoming. He is the second of three professional football players to come from this little town of 1700 in the Big Horn Basin. The others were Jim Crawford who played for the Boston Patriots of the American Football League and Brett Keisel who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was scouted as both a football and baseball player out of high school. Wilkinson attended the University of Wyoming on a football scholarship. After he graduated there, he was signed as a quarterback by the Toronto Rifles of the Continental Football League. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Tom Burgess (born March 6, 1964 in Newark, New York) is a former all-star quarterback in the Canadian Football League.Burgess was a graduate of Colgate University, playing from 1982 to 1985, and was inducted into the Colgate University Athletic Hall of Honor in 1986. He moved to Canada in 1986, and played for the Ottawa Rough Riders, the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He was instrumental in the Roughriders playoff run for their 1989 Grey Cup victory and quarterbacked the Blue Bombers to a Grey Cup win in 1990. Burgess was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence of the 78th Grey Cup. ... Read more

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Chapters: 1995 Canadian Football League Season by Team, 1995 Cfl Season, 1995 Baltimore Stallions Season, 1995 Birmingham Barracudas Season, 1995 Calgary Stampeders Season, 1995 Saskatchewan Roughriders Season, 1995 Bc Lions Season, 1995 Edmonton Eskimos Season, 1995 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Season, 83rd Grey Cup, 1995 Ciau Football All-Canadian Team. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 53. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 1995 Canadian Football League season is 87th in CFL history. Two more U.S.-based teams were admitted in the CFL with the Birmingham Barracudas and the Memphis Mad Dogs. In the off-season the Sacramento Gold Miners moved to San Antonio to become the San Antonio Texans. The Texans would play their home games at the Alamodome. In the previous season, the Las Vegas Posse, after a terrible inaugural season, ceased operations and folded. The Baltimore Football Club finally found themselves a new nickname and christened themselves the Stallions at the beginning of the second week of the season. With the admittance of Birmingham and Memphis, the CFL undertook a realignment; the league would now consist of a North and South Division rather than an East and West Division. All five U.S.-based teams would play in the South Division, while all eight Canadian teams would compete in the North Division. Five teams from the North division and three from the South would qualify for the playoffs. To make up for the disparity, the lowest-seeded North Division playoff team (which ended up being Winnipeg) played in the South Division playoffs. The city of Regina played host to the Grey Cup game for the first time. In the game, viewers at home and at Taylor Field witnessed the Baltimore Stallions defeat the Calgary Stampeders, 37-20, becoming the first (and as of now, the only) American...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2785676 ... Read more

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Very good to great (and for once positive!) book about the CFL thru the '81 season
Very fine work here by the author, not
exactly a household name, who chronicles
the greatest Pro Football League on earth
from 1909 through the 1981 season, when
they still paid more money than the NFL
per salary! And before the USFL and Ar.FL
came out. A collector's piece I highly recommend! ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Baltimore Stallions, Cfl Usa, Sacramento Gold Miners, Las Vegas Posse, Memphis Mad Dogs, Birmingham Barracudas, Shreveport Pirates, San Antonio Texans, Las Vegas Posse All Time Results and Roster, 1993 Sacramento Gold Miners Season. Excerpt:1993 Sacramento Gold Miners season In 1993 the Canadian Football League admitted its first U.S. franchise, the Sacramento Gold Miners (formerly the Sacramento Surge of the WLAF ), in an attempt to broaden Canadian football's popular appeal and boost league revenues. Regular season Schedule Week : Opponent : Final Score : Record Season standings Team: GP: W: L: T: PF: PA: Pts Awards and honors References (URLs online) Websites (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at "Baltimore Football Club" redirects here. For the former and current NFL franchises, see Indianapolis Colts and Baltimore Ravens , respectively. Baltimore Stallions The Baltimore Stallions were a Canadian football team based in Baltimore, Maryland , which played the 1994 and 1995 seasons. They were the most successful American team in the Canadian Football League having two winning seasons, a division title and became the only American team to win the Grey ... ... Read more

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Over 400 pages of the people and circumstances that have come to surround the CFL's B.C. Lions. Included are human-interest stories, snapshots of the team's history, statistics, a card catalogue, and hundreds of pictures.Football in Lotus Land. The West Coast's contribution to the CFL. Over 400 pages of the characters and circumstances that have come to surround the CFL's B.C. Lions. The book has something for everyone: human interest stories, snapshots of the team's history, statistics, a card catalogue, and hundreds of pictures. While the emphasis is on the players and their exploits on and off the field - and in some cases incidents after the game - this book also includes stories of die-hard fans and behind the scenes workers. ... Read more

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Good but could have been wwaayyyyy better. Leftist author brings production...
down quite a bit. Weirdo author sometimes attacks
Doug Flutie, by far the greatest player in CFL
history, and sometimes compliments him...strange.
Other leftist items in here that make you wonder
if the author is going through some kind of weird
crisis is the whining about how black cfl players
alledgedly 'suffered' so much. If that were true,
why did so many pour over the border to play in
this great league? The historical pieces about the
British Columbia Lions AS A TEAM, have obvious mer-
it, but the author should have kept his leftist
leanings and 'nambie-tambie' politics to himself
and this would have been a five-star CFL book. Oh
well - could have been a contender...

Unlike the Lions' history, this is simply brilliant
You have to love the amount of unreal research the author did. Also, the organization of the book flows as he basically focuses each "chapter" on a certain player, owner or other football topic. It could be a bit tighter but that's a moot point. He does tell it like it is/was and doesn't mince words. I can attest based on his observations of the brutal '70s that he is spot on on his take on that decade's characters.

Personally, any book on the CFLthat mentions Paul Brothers is worth its weight in ...well, not gold, if you know who Brothers was. I would have loved to read about Jim Evenson or Johnny Musso but those are pet faves. There is so much arcane but fascinating trivia packed in here, it is really a treasure trove of both sports and local Vancouver history from 1954.

What is pleasing is the author does not stop at the Lions and delves into local teams long gone in one section on the other sports teams in town. I would have loved to see a listing of Lions W-L and playoff records along with average attendance year to year just as reference points maybe in a glossary but again that's nitpicking.

Every Lions' fan should pick up a copy and there are hopes that the author may do a 50th anniversary update. ... Read more

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Chapters: 1994 Cfl Season, 82nd Grey Cup. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The 1994 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 41st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 37th Canadian Football League season. The CFL admitted three more U.S.-based teams with the Las Vegas Posse, the Shreveport Pirates and the Baltimore Colts - making it 12 teams in total, six in each division. However, the Colts name was revoked from the Baltimore franchise due to a successful trademark infringement lawsuit, filed by the Indianapolis Colts, and played the entire season as the "Baltimore CFLers". The new teams would start play in 1994, with Las Vegas joining the Sacramento Gold Miners in the West Division and with Baltimore and Shreveport joining the East Division. In February, Bruce Firestone purchased the Ottawa Rough Riders from the Glieberman family. In May, the JLL Broadcast Group purchased the Toronto Argonauts. BC Place Stadium played host to the Grey Cup game on Sunday, November 27, making Vancouver the host city for the twelfth time-more than any other Western Canadian city. In the Grey Cup game, the hometown BC Lions were against the Baltimore CFLers, becoming the first ever Grey Cup game between a Canadian team and an American team. The Lions ended up defeating the Baltimore team by a score of 26-23, on Lui Passaglia's game-winning field goal in the final seconds of the game. Records: In a July 14, 1994 matchup of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Edmonton Eskimos, Matt Dunigan passed for a remarkable 713 yards, setting a CFL record. Allen Pitts set the record for receiving yards in one season with 2,036 yards. Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = P...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2797977 ... Read more

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Chapters: Stu Hart, Chris Getzlaf, Jason Clermont, Norm Fieldgate, Bill Clarke, Mike Maurer, Ray Syrnyk, John Comiskey, Randy Srochenski, Joe Mcgrath, Larry Wruck, Paul Woldu, Arnie Weinmeister, Neal Hughes, Ted Dushinski, Dave Cutler, Roger Aldag, Lyle Bauer, Brian Guebert, Lawrie Skolrood, Kelly Bates, Dylan Barker, Gene Makowsky, Scott Schultz, Teale Orban, Jordan Matechuk, Graeme Bell, John Hashem, Nick Hutchins, Tamon George, Ron Atchison, Joel Lipinski, Jordan Rempel, Ryan Karhut, Mike Stadnyk, Bryan Illerbrun, Scott Mchenry, Brendon Labatte, Ken Charlton, Roger Reinson, Stu Foord, Ivan Brown, Ted Urness, Preston Young, Cory Mantyka, Dean Griffing, Stu Laird, Mike Anderson, Don Moen, Bob Poley, Ralph Galloway. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 131. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Stewart Edward "Stu" Hart, CM (May 3, 1915 October 16, 2003) was a Canadian amateur wrestler, professional wrestler, promoter and trainer. Hart founded Stampede Wrestling, a promotion based in Calgary, Alberta, and was the father of famous wrestlers Bret and Owen Hart. Along with Bret and Owen, Hart's trainees included future world champions Chris Jericho, Edge, Christian and Chris Benoit. Hart played football for the Edmonton Eskimos in the 1938 and 1939 seasons. Stu Hart began amateur wrestling when he joined the YMCA in Edmonton in 1929. By 1937 he won a gold medal in the welterweight class from the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada. His amateur career peaked in May 1940 when Hart won the dominion Amateur Wrestling Championship in the light heavyweight category. It must have been a bittersweet win for Hart as by that time the Phoney War had ended in Europe, and World War II had erupted. This led to the cancellation of the Olympics ending one of Hart's greatest dreams. Hart did enlist in the Canadia...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=351953 ... Read more

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Chapters: Adriano Belli, Matt Kudu, Matt Kirk, Rashad Jeanty, Fred Perry, Dave Fennell, Eric England, James "Quick" Parker, Tim Cheatwood, Emery Barnes, Elfrid Payton, Scott Mccuaig, Greg Marshall, Ronald Flemons, Jim Davis, Brian Guebert, Eddie Freeman, Adam Braidwood, Mario Fatafehi, Leroy Blugh, Bruce Clark, Joe Fleming, Khari Long, Vince Mazza, Kitwana Jones, Tom Canada, Tom Brown, Vince Goldsmith, Mike Wadsworth, Gordon Judges, Elton Patterson, Bobby Jurasin, Gary Butler, Rodney Allen, Étienne Légaré, Montez Murphy, Ron Estay, Bill Baker, Chris Wilson, Lou Zivkovich, Grover Covington, Dante Booker, John Lagrone, Odell Willis, Frank Morris, Johnny Scott, Montey Stevenson, Nickolas Morin-Soucy, Dick Suderman, John Helton, Reggie Lewis, Ed Mcaleney, Herb Gray, Don Luzzi, Greg Stumon, John Barrow, Demonte' Bolden, James Curry, Anwar Stewart, Adrian Baird, Rick Goltz, Darrell Adams, Harold Hallman, Adrian Davis, Rob Waldrop, Ed Mcquarters, Dick Fouts, Tim Fleiszer, Marcus Parker, Greg Peach, Leon Lyszkiewicz, Don Oramasionwu, Marty Martinello, Cedric Scott, John Bowman, Brandon Guillory, Bill Ceretti, Rodney Harding, Ron Atchison, Brett Williams, Justin Hickman, Glen Weir, Melik Brown, Lyall Woznesensky, Wayne Smith, Will Johnson, Stan Van Sichem, Mike Walker, Jearld Baylis, Colin Scrivener, Nick Hebeler, Billy Shipp, Michael Williams, Tim Cofield, Michel Bourgeau, Remond Willis, Jermaine Reid, Jonathan Williams, Demetrious Maxie, Ed Philion, Jed Roberts, Ronald Hilaire, Billy Ray Locklin, Eugene Belliveau, Dee Sterling, Dorian Smith, Doug Mcnichol, Xavier Mitchell, Derek Maccready, Ivan Brown, Marcus Adams, Steve Charbonneau, Dave Knechtel, Roger Savoie, Bennie Goods, Stan Mikawos, Ed Harrington, Garner Ekstran, Peter Neumann, Nuvraj Bassi, Jim Piaskoski, Mike Cacic. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 270. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can sel...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11214894 ... Read more

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Chapters: Line of Scrimmage, Eligible Receiver, End Zone, Goal Line, Defensive Tackle, Shotgun Formation, Fumble, Field Goal, Safety, Linebacker, Time-Out, Onside Kick, Two-Point Conversion, Down, Interception, Glossary of Canadian Football, Fair Catch, Kickoff, Passer Rating, Touchdown, Quick Kick, Place Kick, Touchback, Convert, Quarterback Sack, All-Purpose Yardage, Single, Play Clock, Incomplete Pass, Return Yards, Slotback, Turnover on Downs, Flat, Trips Formation, Three-Minute Warning, Hash Marks, Double Coverage, Flying Kick, Halfback. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 158. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A field goal in U.S. football and Canadian football is a goal that may be scored during general play ("from the field"). Execution of a field goal.A field goal may be scored by a placekick or the now very rare drop kick. The ball must pass "through the uprights", that is, over a crossbar that is 10 feet off the ground and between upright posts that are 18 feet 6 inches (5.64 m) apart, to count. Because a field goal is worth only three points, while a touchdown scores at least six (usually seven with the extra point), teams will generally only attempt a field goal in the following situations: Except in desperate situations, a team will generally attempt a field goal only when keeping a drive alive is unlikely, and their kicker has a significant chance of success, as a missed field goal results in a turnover at the spot of the kick (in the NFL) or at the line of scrimmage (in the NCAA). In high school, where a field goal that lands short is treated as a punt, most teams still opt not to attempt field goals from very long range, since field goal formations are not conducive to covering punts. Even under ideal conditions, the best kickers in the NFL have difficulty making kick...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8378967 ... Read more

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Chapters: Canadian Football League on Television, Canadian Football Video Games, Nfl on Nbc, List of Grey Cup Broadcasters, Tsn Top 50 Cfl Players, Sportschannel America, Cfl on Cbc, Friday Night Football, Canadian Football Network, Maximum-Football, Cfl on Ctv, Cfl Football '99, America One, List of Current Canadian Football League Announcers, Score, Worldsport Hd. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 65. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: NFL on NBC is the brand given to NBC Sports coverage of National Football League games until 1998, when NBC lost the NFL American Football Conference rights to CBS. NFL coverage returned to NBC on Sunday, August 6, 2006 under the title NBC Sunday Night Football, beginning its pre-season with coverage of the NFL Hall of Fame Game. The program (which has aired under numerous program titles and formats) actually goes back to the beginnings of NBC's relationship with the NFL in 1939, when they (technically, NBC's flagship station out of New York, which was then known as W2XBS) aired the first-ever televised pro football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the now defunct Brooklyn Dodgers football team. By 1955, NBC became the televised home to the NFL Championship Game, paying $100,000 to the league. The 1958 NFL Championship Game played at Yankee Stadium between the Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants went into sudden death overtime. This game, known since as the "Greatest Game Ever Played", was seen by many throughout the country and is credited with increasing the popularity of professional football in the late 1950s and early 1960s. From 1955-1963, NBC televised the NFL Championship Game, the precursor to the Super Bowl. The contract for the title game was separate than the regular season contract held by CBS, who started televising NFL game...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1942914 ... Read more

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Chapters: History of African Americans in the Canadian Football League, Touchdown Atlantic, Canadian Football Act. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: In the history of African Americans in the Canadian Football League (CFL), Black players and coaches received opportunities at a time when their counterparts in National Football League (NFL) still faced barriers. Prior to World War II African American athletes were barred from playing in major professional sports leagues. Although the NFL color barrier officially fell in 1946 quickly followed by the Baseball color line one year later when Jackie Robinson made his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers these events were just the beginning of the struggles for African American athletes. Racial integration proceeded very slowly over the next two decades, and economists have shown that African Americans continued to suffer from various forms of discriminatory treatment. Beginning in 1946, a steady flow of African Americans began to migrate to the Canadian Football League which, at the time, was a legitimate competitor league to the NFL. In 1946, Montreal Alouettes GM Lew Hayman brought in Herb Trawick, making Trawick the first Black player in the CFL. Hayman, a New York City-born Jew, saw the way that Montealers had embraced Jackie Robinson with the Montreal Royals and believed the city was ready to accept a Black football player. In 1964, Tom Casey became the first Black player inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, three years before New York Giant Emlen Tunnell became the first black player in the NFL's Pro Football Hall of Fame. As Toronto Argonauts president in 1980, Heyman also hired Willie Wood as the first black head coach in the CFL. It was nine more years until Art Shell became the first black ...http://booksllc.net/?id=24414994 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jason Armstead, Rob Bagg, Joey Walters, Josh Boden, Jabari Arthur, Derrell Mitchell, Matt Dominguez, Tony Simmons, Kwame Cavil, Pat Woodcock, Neill Armstrong, Terry Evanshen, Ryan Thelwell, Tyrone Williams, Chad Mock, Craig Yeast, Shalon Baker, Arjei Franklin, Dante Luciani, Matt Lambros, Emmanuel Arceneaux, Joe Poplawski, Tony Tompkins, Mike Juhasz, Marco Cyncar, Chad Rempel, Bob Simpson, Ean Randolph, Tony Miles, Paul Dekker, Jeff Fairholm, Derick Armstrong, Vince Mazza, Shockmain Davis, Titus Ryan, Corey Grant, Robert Gordon, Emanuel Tolbert, Matt Carter, Gerald Alphin, Adam Nicolson, Kevin Robinson, Brian Kelly, Mike Holmes, Bobby Taylor, Dave Sapunjis, Kahlil Hill, Fred Stamps, Dave Stala, Anthony Russo, Terry Greer, James "Quick" Murphy, Waddell Smith, Terrence Wilkins, Jackie Chambers, Jerel Myers, Tommy Grant, Jim Sandusky, Tom Forzani, D. J. Flick, Hank Edwards, Vincent Marshall, Alan Turner, Marquay Mcdaniel, Keith Baker, Jason English, Richard Smith, Jermaine Jackson, William Judson, Jr., Alfred Jackson, Kevin Challenger, Kevin Marion, Erik Galas, Blaine Kruger, Greg Hetherington, Danny Desriveaux, Jason Barnes, Eric Morris, Darcy Brown, Rufus Skillern, Chester Mccance, Chris Armstrong, Spencer Armstrong, Earl Winfield, Keith Godding, Ron Robinson, Javid James, Sonny Homer, Terrence Scott, Scott Mchenry, Ken Nielsen, Ed Hervey, Willie Armstead, Reggie Williams, Aaron Hargreaves, Eric Ware, Kevin Wuthrich, Jeremy Gilchrist, Johnny Thomas, John Kanaroski, Jeff Boyd, Robert Long, Ernie Pitts, Cassidy Doneff, Willie Thornton, Milos Zivkovic, Joshua Svec, Darrell K. Smith, Matt Clark, Manny Hazard, Kendrick Jones. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 255. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Jason Armstead (born September 18, 1979, in Moss Point, Mississippi) is a professi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2154793 ... Read more