Britni de la Cretaz is a freelance writer and former sports columnist for Longreads and Bitch Media whose work focuses on sports, gender, queerness, and race.
HAIL MARY FOOTBALL CARTOON PROFESSIONAL
These women entered the world of professional sports, and their efforts to be recognized as legitimate athletes would go on to in form the careers of the many female athletes who came after them.īritni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo are two authors who both care passionately about women and sports. This is the story of the hard-working players of teams like the Detroit Demons, the Toledo Troopers, and the LA Dandelions. In Hail Mary, Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo celebrate the women of the Women’s National Football League, examining their stories and how the rise and fall of the WNFL was informed by second-wave feminism and the passage of Title IX. In spite of a world that believed women had no place in football, the women of the WNFL took the game seriously, and they loved it. Without meaning to, Friedman stumbled upon a group of women who truly loved the sport of football and played it hard, putting their all into the game.
But the women who played the sport saw it differently. It all started in Cleveland in 1967. Sid Friedman was a talent agent who thought a Women’s National Football League would be a fun gimmick, a publicity stunt, and a way to make a bit of money while having fun. Hail Mary, written by Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo, tells the fascinating story of the rise and fall of the WNFL. And yet despite the rampant popularity of the sport, many people have no idea that there was once a Women’s National Football League. National Football League games are watched by millions upon millions of people every fall season.
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