Namath played for Bear Bryant at still de facto segregated Alabama. I wonder how many bohunk kids got a chance to play D-1 football because blacks were locked out of SEC.
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Yeah, white guys playing QB really disappeared following desegregation.
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Alabama . . .
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We play them all, you know? Basketball and baseball are allegedly non-contact sports.
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for some reason, that never extended up to us in Western New York, pace Gronkowski.
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I suspect pro football became so popular in the 50’s and 60’s bc blue collar Eastern European guys got to see guys like themselves smashing guys like their bosses at the plant.
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I've watched rust. It's not as exciting as the stories make it out to be
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