Dan Taylor

Walking Alone (eBook, PDF)

The Untold Journey of Football Pioneer Kenny Washington

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The inspirational story of African American trailblazer Kenny Washington, the first player to reintegrate the NFL. On September 29, 1946, football star Kenny Washington made history. When he trotted onto the field for the Los Angeles Rams, Washington broke the color barrier in the NFL. In Walking Alone: The Untold Journey of Football Pioneer Kenny Washington, Dan Taylor reveals Washington's immeasurable impact on his sport and beyond. Legends of the game hailed Washington as one of the greatest players in football history. He was also a baseball star, and Taylor recounts never-before-told details of the efforts to make Washington the first Black player in big league baseball along with Jackie Robinson. Taylor also delves into the heinous verbal and physical abuse Washington was subjected to, his refusal to play in the South, and how he positively impacted ignorant teammates and rivals through his character and talent. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, there was no more popular athlete in Los Angeles than Kenny Washington. Walking Alone chronicles for the first time the life story of this trailblazing football legend.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798765182451
• Artikelnr.: 74843272

Autorenporträt

Dan Taylor is a sports historian, baseball broadcaster, and former award-winning television sportscaster. He is the author of six books, his most recent being Baseball at the Abyss: The Scandals of 1926, Babe Ruth, and the Unlikely Savior Who Rescued a Tarnished Game. Previous works include Walking Alone: The Untold Journey of Football Pioneer Kenny Washington and Lights, Camera, Fastball: How the Hollywood Stars Changed Baseball, which was a finalist for the Casey Award for baseball book of the year. Taylor is a member of the Society for American Baseball Research and contributes to their Biography Project. He lives in California.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Blue, the Break, and an Accent
2. A Mea Culpa
3. Anticipation and Animosity in Westwood
4. Do We Play?
5. The Pass
6. The Most Dangerous Player in the Game
7. Jackie Joins the Team
8. Unparalleled Ovation
9. Unadulterated Hokum
10. Bing, Boxing, and Bright Lights.
11. A Star Among Stars
12. The Drawing Card
13. Diverted By War
14. A Memorable Homerun
15. I Gotta Have That Washington
16. The Join Jackie Dilemma
17. Cutting Into His Skills
18. Dawn of a New Day
19. Like Old Times
20. Calling It A Career
21. Back to the Big Screen
22. A Baseball Shot at Last.
23. There Will Never Be Another
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author