Latinos in American football : pathbreakers on the gridiron, 1927 to the present / Mario Longoria and Jorge Iber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longoria, Mario, author.

Iber, Jorge, 1961- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Football League.

Hispanic American football players--Biography.

Hispanic American football players.

Hispanic American football players--History.

Football--United States--History.

Football.

History.

United States.

National Football League--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

v, 373 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2020]

Summary:

"In 1927 Cuban national Ignacio S. Molinet was recruited to play professional football with the Frankford Yellow Jackets of the old NFL for a single season. In the 1930s, Mexican national José Martínez-Zorrilla achieved 1932 All-American honors. These are the beginnings of the Latino experience in American Football, which continues amidst a remarkable and diversified setting of Hispanic nationalities and ethnic groups. This history of Latinos in American Football dispels the nativists' and sports' myths that baseball, boxing, and soccer are the chosen and competent sports for Spanish-surname athletes. It documents their fascination for the sport that initially denied their participation but that could not discourage their determination to master the game."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Latinos Take to the Gridiron: The 1920s-1940 p. 15

2 Slowly Moving the Ball Down the Field: 1941-1950 p. 59

3 The McCarthy Era and the Age of Activism: 1951-1970 p. 104

4 Increased Numbers and Diversity at All Levels, 1971-1990 p. 166

5 Latinos on the Gridiron from Coast to Coast, 1991-2018 p. 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781476668864

1476668868

OCLC:

1137743796