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(1996)
Headslap
The Life and Times of Deacon Jones
by John Klawitter and Deacon Jones
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This is the story of Deacon Jones' rise to the top of the heap in the National Football League. "Headslap" refers to the lightning move popularized by Jones, when a player could rattle the helmet of a blocker by belting him along side the head. And Deacon - The "Secretary of Defense"--Did this better than anyone. So devastating was his trademark move that the league eventually 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.
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Headslap: The Life and Times of Deacon Jones
2010, Globe Pequot Press, The
in English
161592602X 9781615926022
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Headslap: The Life and Times of Deacon Jones
August 1996, Prometheus Books
Hardcover
in English
1573920827 9781573920827
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