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William Alex Radovich (June 24, 1915 – March 6, 2002) was a National Football League guard and a film actor who regularly played the "tough guy". He was the first NFL player to file suit against the league.
Mar 12, 2002 · Bill Radovich, a former pro football lineman and the first player to take the NFL to court over the right to play for the team of his choice, has died.
- sam.farmer@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Bill Radovich was born on 24 June 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The World in His Arms (1952), Back to God's Country (1953) and Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1954). He died on 6 March 2002 in Newport Beach, California, USA.
- Actor
- June 24, 1915
- Bill Radovich
- March 6, 2002
Known to some as the “father of sports labor action,” Radovich, who passed away in 2002, was able to see the gains made and doors opened by his enduring fight for player rights, making him a forerunner for the NFLPA and other sports unions.
Aug 2, 1992 · By Chicago Tribune | Chicago Tribune. UPDATED: August 10, 2021 at 3:36 a.m. Long before there were Freeman McNeil and Don Majkowski and the rest of those players taking on the mighty NFL in court...
Oct 2, 1994 · Radovich, an N.F.L. All-Star in 1939 and 1945, wasn't intimidated. At 5 feet 8 inches and 161 pounds, the native Californian had spent his life competing against larger people and...
Petitioner Radovich, an all-pro guard formerly with the Detroit Lions, contends that the respondents 2 entered into a conspiracy to monopolize and control organized professional football in the United States, in violation of §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act; 3 that part of the conspiracy was to destroy the All-America Conference, a competitive prof...
