They worried that white teammates would refuse orders from them in the huddle.

When a white teammate went to help him, the skinheads beat him.

There are even significant, though subtle, differences between the black athletes and their white teammates.

Some black players believed white teammates were getting to play ahead of them because of their race.

Black athletes play and leave while many of their white teammates are put on the coaching and administration track.

While their white teammates are offered jobs, they're not.

They saw me hanging out with my white teammates.

Some teams simply released him after white teammates complained about playing with a black man.

But he, too, had problems with white teammates.

Many black players had friendly relationships with their white teammates, especially in the lower minors and on semipro clubs.