[78-L] All-American?

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Julian Vein" <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Steven C. Barr wrote:
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>> From: "Taylor Bowie" <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
>>> I always took it to mean the same as "All-Stars."  The phrase "All
>>> American"
>>> is used by some sports teams in that sense.
>>>
>> IIRC, there was an "All-American" team of selected college football 
>> players
>> published each year...?!
>> Steven C. Barr
> I thought it may have meant they saluted the flag, ate blueberry pie and
> bore arms, otherwise you were considered a traitor (i.e. "Commie")!
>
No...all the above was automatically expected from ANY decent repectable
citizen! The only inherent conflict was the fact that all too often the 
"All-
American" football players happened to be Black...?!

Steven C. Barr