No One Believed These Woody Strode Stories! Until They Watched This
No One Believed These Woody Strode Stories! Until They Watched This Woody Strode broke the color barrier in professional football a full year before Jackie Robinson touched a baseball. He earned a Golden Globe nomination in Spartacus. He starred in four films now preserved in the National Film Registry. And when John Ford was dying of cancer, Strode slept on his bedroom floor for four months. Yet The New York Times called him a "character actor." This is the extraordinary, invisible life of Woody Strode. 📌 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Introduction 1:02 – #10: The Nazi Poster Boy 3:32 – #9: The Gold Dust Gang at UCLA 5:04 – #8: The Forgotten Four 6:55 – #7: 12 and 0 — Calgary's Perfect Season 7:58 – #6: Trapped for Life — Wrestling & Hollywood 9:51 – #5: The Gladiator Who Refused to Kill (Spartacus) 11:35 – #4: Sergeant Rutledge — A Race Across the River 13:39 – #3: The Man Behind Liberty Valance 15:36 – #2: The Longest 10 Minutes in Cinema 17:11 – #1: The Old Man's Floor #WoodyStrode #ClassicHollywood #Spartacus #JohnFord #GoldenAgeHollywood #WesternMovies #OnceUponATimeInTheWest #SergioLeone #LibertyValance #SergeantRutledge #ForgottenFour #NFLHistory #JackieRobinson #UCLA #BlackHistoryHollywood #GoldenGlobe #ClassicWesterns #OldHollywood #TinselTownLegends Facts and stories used to write the script of this video are well-researched. The following references are used: Primary Sources Woody Strode & Sam Young, Goal Dust: An Autobiography (1990) — https://ift.tt/i7aNxnk Frank Manchel, "The Man Who Made The Stars Shine Brighter: An Interview With Woody Strode," The Black Scholar, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Spring 1995) Biographical References Wikipedia — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/PVv25De Britannica — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/vVI5gKN IMDb — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/w6nGiSo BlackPast.org — Woody Strode (1914–1994): https://ift.tt/MHqph4N Encyclopedia.com — Strode, Woodrow Wilson Woolwine: https://ift.tt/PxTEtMB EBSCO Research Starters — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/G3ACwpj Museum of the Moving Image — The Legend of Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/bLA7ugj NFL Integration / Forgotten Four NFL.com — "Forgotten Four" Ralph Hay Pioneer Award (2022): https://ift.tt/iBbYJDC NFL.com — "Forgotten Four" documentary article: https://ift.tt/NeCA8tU Pro Football Hall of Fame — Forgotten Four Documentary: https://ift.tt/s7CLNWP The Ringer — "Blackballed" series on NFL integration: https://ift.tt/KfJpZb8 IMDb — Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football (2014): https://ift.tt/HLE2a3M Books for Further Reading Keyshawn Johnson & Bob Glauber, The Forgotten First — https://ift.tt/NXJrKkv David Shipman, "Obituaries: Woody Strode," The Independent (Jan 5, 1996) Alexander Wolff, "The NFL's Jackie Robinson," Sports Illustrated (Oct 12, 2009) --- Tinsel Town Legends does not own all content featured in this video. All rights remain with the original copyright owners. We use portions of copyrighted material under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act (Fair Use) for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. If you are the copyright owner and believe any content is used incorrectly, please contact us and we will promptly review the request. Viewers may also contact us if they see any problem in the content being used Contact Email: tinseltownlegends@gmail.com
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No One Believed These Woody Strode Stories! Until They Watched This Woody Strode broke the color barrier in professional football a full year before Jackie Robinson touched a baseball. He earned a Golden Globe nomination in Spartacus. He starred in four films now preserved in the National Film Registry. And when John Ford was dying of cancer, Strode slept on his bedroom floor for four months. Yet The New York Times called him a "character actor." This is the extraordinary, invisible life of Woody Strode. 📌 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 – Introduction 1:02 – #10: The Nazi Poster Boy 3:32 – #9: The Gold Dust Gang at UCLA 5:04 – #8: The Forgotten Four 6:55 – #7: 12 and 0 — Calgary's Perfect Season 7:58 – #6: Trapped for Life — Wrestling & Hollywood 9:51 – #5: The Gladiator Who Refused to Kill (Spartacus) 11:35 – #4: Sergeant Rutledge — A Race Across the River 13:39 – #3: The Man Behind Liberty Valance 15:36 – #2: The Longest 10 Minutes in Cinema 17:11 – #1: The Old Man's Floor #WoodyStrode #ClassicHollywood #Spartacus #JohnFord #GoldenAgeHollywood #WesternMovies #OnceUponATimeInTheWest #SergioLeone #LibertyValance #SergeantRutledge #ForgottenFour #NFLHistory #JackieRobinson #UCLA #BlackHistoryHollywood #GoldenGlobe #ClassicWesterns #OldHollywood #TinselTownLegends Facts and stories used to write the script of this video are well-researched. The following references are used: Primary Sources Woody Strode & Sam Young, Goal Dust: An Autobiography (1990) — https://ift.tt/i7aNxnk Frank Manchel, "The Man Who Made The Stars Shine Brighter: An Interview With Woody Strode," The Black Scholar, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Spring 1995) Biographical References Wikipedia — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/PVv25De Britannica — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/vVI5gKN IMDb — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/w6nGiSo BlackPast.org — Woody Strode (1914–1994): https://ift.tt/MHqph4N Encyclopedia.com — Strode, Woodrow Wilson Woolwine: https://ift.tt/PxTEtMB EBSCO Research Starters — Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/G3ACwpj Museum of the Moving Image — The Legend of Woody Strode: https://ift.tt/bLA7ugj NFL Integration / Forgotten Four NFL.com — "Forgotten Four" Ralph Hay Pioneer Award (2022): https://ift.tt/iBbYJDC NFL.com — "Forgotten Four" documentary article: https://ift.tt/NeCA8tU Pro Football Hall of Fame — Forgotten Four Documentary: https://ift.tt/s7CLNWP The Ringer — "Blackballed" series on NFL integration: https://ift.tt/KfJpZb8 IMDb — Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football (2014): https://ift.tt/HLE2a3M Books for Further Reading Keyshawn Johnson & Bob Glauber, The Forgotten First — https://ift.tt/NXJrKkv David Shipman, "Obituaries: Woody Strode," The Independent (Jan 5, 1996) Alexander Wolff, "The NFL's Jackie Robinson," Sports Illustrated (Oct 12, 2009) --- Tinsel Town Legends does not own all content featured in this video. All rights remain with the original copyright owners. We use portions of copyrighted material under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act (Fair Use) for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. If you are the copyright owner and believe any content is used incorrectly, please contact us and we will promptly review the request. Viewers may also contact us if they see any problem in the content being used Contact Email: tinseltownlegends@gmail.com
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