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Only a Handful of Black Players????

posted 10 years ago by ozzyredwings
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was the 1970's NFL made up of a majority of white players? I think I counted 5-6 black players on the dallas team. That's certainly not the case today.

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[–] steve4192 9 years ago

The 70s had plenty of black players, but the book the movie was based on was written in the early 60s, when black players were quite a bit more scarce.