Herb Kohl was also a member of our neighborhood food food conspiracy.
Both were exceedingly nice and neither gave any hint that they were anybody special.
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Dennis Claxton
<ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> At 04:46 AM 2/25/2012, c b wrote:
>
>> When we get the football players on the left, comes the revolution.
>
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>
> It's happened before:
>
> http://www.edgeofsports.com/2004-01-01-36/
>
> David Meggyesy was an All-American linebacker at Syracuse University before
> playing for the National Football League's St. Louis (now Arizona) Cardinals
> from 1963-1969. He was active in the movements for civil rights and
> opposition to the war in Viet Nam. In 1970 he wrote his football
> autobiography, Out of Their League, that examined how big time sports in the
> United States can dehumanize athletes. Since 1981, Dave Meggyesy has worked
> as the Western Regional Director of the National Football League Players
> Association (NFLPA). In part III of our series on Sports and struggle in the
> 1960s, Meggyesy talks to Prince George's Post News Editor Dave Zirin about
> how he organized on an NFL team and lessons for people today.
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