Pro Footballs Great Moments 19

Previously published as: 30 years of pro football's great moments. Chronicles great moments in pro football since 1945.

Here are the unbelievable passes, the broken records that seemed untouchable and the players who made the magic happen: from once-in-a-lifetime plays to the incredible careers of the game's greatest players. A great way for young fans to relive the gridion glory.

Many are familiar with Jackie Robinson and the integration of Major League Baseball after all the years of separate black and white leagues, but fewer people know of the segregation and then integration of the National Football League. The timing and sequence of events were different, but football followed a pattern similar to that of baseball in regard to the beginning and end of racial segregation. This work traces professional football's movement from segregation to integration, beginning with a discussion of the various reasons why the game was first segregated. It describes the schemes that NFL owners came up with to ban African Americans from the league in the 1930s and 1940s, and tells how these barriers broke down after World War II. The author considers how professional football overcame the legacies of Jim Crow and how Jim Crow laws may still haunt the game.

A retrospective of 100 moments in the National Football League's history.

Profiles of great football teams and players and their most important games. Includes players Nevers, Hornung, Brocklin, and Gale Sayers.