Year of the Scab

Jun 18, 2017

1h 18m

★ 6.5

All the Guts. None of the Glory.

Overview

In September 1987, for the first time in U.S. history, replacement football players took the field amidst a union strike. Seen as a second chance for these "scab" players, the '87 season became a memorable one for the Washington Redskins.

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Documentary

Production Companies

ESPN Films

ESPN

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Tex Schramm

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8.0

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8.0

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In Just One Play: The Big-Play Men of the NFL

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6.2

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6.9

What Carter Lost

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0.0

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0.0

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5.7

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0.0

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0.0

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7.1

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0.0

America's Game: 2001 New England Patriots

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5.0

Gladiators of the Desert

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