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Unions For Pro Athletes Peak With Murphy In 1945
A look back at early efforts to unionize pro sports led by Robert Murphy, Harvard labor organizer, whose 1945 American Baseball Guild sought better pay and labor rights. The piece notes prior attempts by John Montgomery Ward and others and the mixed success of players unions through the mid-1940s.
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