Jones scores a touchdown in his baseball uniform. Note that the goalpost is at the front of the end zone. The NFL moved them back in 1974, but I believe high schools and colleges had already moved them back by this time.
Two-thirds through the book and we've got almost all football.
Finally some baseball. Check out the high-five with Tommie Agee. "Officially" invented by Glenn Burke in 1977 but there were plenty of low fives that got pretty high unofficially before that. I've seen them in old films of baseball and football games in the late 60s and early 70s. Here's a photo of Agee and Jones low-fiving with the Mets. Agee and Jones actually owned a bar together in Elmhurst, Queens. The location is now a middle school named after Agee.
Wow, that's a sweet item. Interesting that that does look very much like a high five!
ReplyDeleteElbows at 90 degree angles... and hands are at eye level? I'd classify that as a high five. Very cool.
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