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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: TomSea on July 22, 2018, 12:07:43 am

Title: 1968: Long before Colin Kaepernick, David Meggyesy began NFL national anthem protest
Post by: TomSea on July 22, 2018, 12:07:43 am: Quote
1968: Long before Colin Kaepernick, David Meggyesy began NFL national anthem protest
Sam Farmer

David Meggyesy couldnâ€™t bring himself to show deference to the American flag.

While every other member of the team stood at attention and followed the NFL directive on conduct during the national anthem â€” helmet under left arm, right hand over heart â€” the St. Louis Cardinals linebacker feigned a bad case of the jitters.

The burly defender, whose shaggy brown hair was a defiant departure from the flattops of his football forefathers, dropped his head, scuffed the dirt with his cleats and spit on the ground. As the familiar strains of the song filled Busch Stadium, Meggyesy waged his quiet protest.

Read more at: http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-1968-nfl-anthem-protest-20180717-story.html# (http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la-sp-1968-nfl-anthem-protest-20180717-story.html#)

This article is not just about Meggyesy or I might give it a past, it talks about a few things happening back then in the NFL/AFL.
Title: Re: 1968: Long before Colin Kaepernick, David Meggyesy began NFL national anthem protest
Post by: dfwgator on July 22, 2018, 12:42:42 am: What's an NFL?
Title: Re: 1968: Long before Colin Kaepernick, David Meggyesy began NFL national anthem protest
Post by: Drago on July 23, 2018, 02:55:20 am: Speech/Debate? = National Forensic League

Now renamed the "National Speech & Debate Association" (didn't want to be confused with some other lowlife league?).

https://www.speechanddebate.org (https://www.speechanddebate.org)