The year 1970 was grim in the United States and worldwide. Vietnam,
continuing civil and political divisions, a fear of growing
lawlessness, all seemed to point to a bleak future. The 70s were
also a time when traditional boundaries were being challenged, from
the color of skin to the length of hair. Sports events, issues, and
athletes from the very first year of this tumultuous decade reflect
the dramatic changes that were taking place around the country.
Nowhere was this more evident than in college football, where the
University of Texas became the last all-white national champion in
1970, even as a freshman still ineligible to play was standing by
to bring about integration. In Lombardi Dies, Orr Flies, Marshall
Cries: The Sports Legacy of 1970, Brad Schultz covers the most
significant and momentous sports stories from this single year in
American history, reflecting on the deeper impact of these events
both on the sporting world and on society as a whole. Integration,
homosexuality, drugs, lawsuits, and tragedy all crossed the
sporting landscape in 1970, including pivotal moments such as
student-athlete protests against racism in college football, the
debut of Monday Night Football, a challenge to baseball's reserve
clause, and the plane crash carrying Marshall University's football
team that killed everyone on board. Schultz tells these stories and
more, thoughtfully placing them within the context of the
political, social, and cultural events taking place across the
country and around the world. Many of the athletes from 1970 may no
longer be with us, their records may have been broken, and younger
athletes may have taken their place, but forty-five years later, it
is time to look back and reflect on the significance of the events
that took place in this unforgettable sports year. Chronicling a
remarkable time in the history of American sports, this book will
interest historians, sports fans, and those wanting to learn more
about the impact of sports on culture and society.
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