The book tells the story of fiercely passionate athletes who loved their game despite the many pitfalls and structural disadvantages facing their teams and league at large.
We find ourselves in an era fresh with Title IX when many women hadn't experienced organized, athletic opportunities in school, and if they did, it certainly wasn't football, that hypermasculine ideal of tackling, getting down in the dirt, and sometimes bleeding for the game. The book tells the story of fiercely passionate athletes who loved their game despite the many pitfalls and structural disadvantages facing their teams a Hail Mary welcomes readers to 1970s-80s women's football in the NWFL.
Hail Mary welcomes readers to 1970s-80s women's football in the NWFL. In an era of vibrant second wave feminism and Title IX activism, the athletes of the National Women’s Football League were boisterous pioneers on and off the field: you’ll be rooting for them from start to finish.more Drawing on new interviews with former players from the Detroit Demons, the Toledo Troopers, the LA Dandelions, and more, Hail Mary brings us into the stadiums where they broke records, the small-town lesbian bars where they were recruited, and the backrooms where the league was formed, championed, and eventually shuttered. Hail Mary chronicles the highs and lows of the National Women’s Football League, which took root in nineteen cities across the US over the course of two decades. It was conceived as a gimmick-in the vein of the Harlem Globetrotters-but the women who signed up really wanted to play. In 1967, a Cleveland promoter recruited a group of women to compete as a traveling football troupe. It was conceived as a gimmick-in the vein of the Harlem Globetrotters-but the women who signed up really wanted The groundbreaking story of the National Women’s Football League, and the players whose spirit, rivalries, and tenacity changed the legacy of women’s sports forever 2.1 A plan or project with little chance of success.The groundbreaking story of the National Women’s Football League, and the players whose spirit, rivalries, and tenacity changed the legacy of women’s sports forever In 1967, a Cleveland promoter recruited a group of women to compete as a traveling football troupe.‘They dominated the second overtime period while the other team played defensive hockey, dumping it into the neutral zone in hopes of a Hail Mary breakaway.’.‘And it didn't come until Sunday, when Springs grabbed a Hail Mary at the end of the half.’.‘It's a bit of a Hail Mary, but when you're down by six points and it's fourth and goal at your own goal line and there's only two seconds on the clock, there is no point in punting.’.‘One memorable call was when he threw up a Hail Mary three-pointer at the buzzer for his team.’.‘They scored a touchdown, then recovered an onside kick, then threw a Hail Mary that was caught in the endzone as time expired.’.‘He had only one interception - a meaningless pick on a Hail Mary pass at the end of a half - in the first five games.’.‘They were going to try a Hail Mary pass on the final play before halftime.’.‘And this was, and as some people, as I say, call it a Hail Mary pass.’.‘He is valuable in short-yardage situations and perfectly executed a Hail Mary pass for a touchdown against the other team.’.
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