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Description:"This book's going to raise a howl," promises Deacon Jones. "You wait and see!" From a small rural town in Florida to the NFL Hall of Fame, this is the story of Deacon's rise to the top of the heap in the National Football League. "Headslap" refers to the lightning move popularized by Jones in the early days of the game, when a player could rattle the cage (or at least the helmet) of a blocker by belting him alongside the head. And Deacon did this better than anyone in the game. They weren't jabs; they were full left hooks and right crosses. So devastating was this move that the League outlawed it.More than a simple sports story, Headslap brings to full view the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s - a time of incredible social upheaval and change in the United States. Deacon's story reveals the difficulties that all black players confronted trying to break into the NFL.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Headslap: The Life and Times of Deacon Jones. To get started finding Headslap: The Life and Times of Deacon Jones, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 570

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Release: 2010

ISBN: 161592602X

Description: "This book's going to raise a howl," promises Deacon Jones. "You wait and see!" From a small rural town in Florida to the NFL Hall of Fame, this is the story of Deacon's rise to the top of the heap in the National Football League. "Headslap" refers to the lightning move popularized by Jones in the early days of the game, when a player could rattle the cage (or at least the helmet) of a blocker by belting him alongside the head. And Deacon did this better than anyone in the game. They weren't jabs; they were full left hooks and right crosses. So devastating was this move that the League outlawed it.More than a simple sports story, Headslap brings to full view the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s - a time of incredible social upheaval and change in the United States. Deacon's story reveals the difficulties that all black players confronted trying to break into the NFL.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Headslap: The Life and Times of Deacon Jones. To get started finding Headslap: The Life and Times of Deacon Jones, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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