Sports & Society: Rubber Games: Industrial Athletics and the Goodyear Company with Dan Gilbert

Throughout much of the twentieth century, company-sponsored athletic programs were central to the landscape of American sports. Conceived as mechanisms for labor discipline and company loyalty as well as positive public relations, industrial sports figured prominently in workplaces and communities across the United States. This talk examines a particularly robust and revealing case study in the development of American industrial sports — the athletic programs of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, based in Akron, Ohio.

If you're interested in joining us, e-mail co-organizer Noah Cohan at ncohan@wustl.edu.

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