Curt Flood's Challenge to the Reserve Clause

Curt Flood, an All-Star center fielder, famously challenged MLB's reserve clause in 1969, which bound players to one team indefinitely, paving the way for future free agency despite losing his Supreme Court case.

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• Curt Flood - Wikipedia
• Flood Tests Baseball's Reserve Clause | Sports and Leisure | Research Starters - EBSCO
• Curt Flood lays the groundwork for the dissolution of the reserve clause and the advent of free agency | MLBPA
• Curt Flood, born this day in 1938, was the first to courageously challenge the reserve clause. While his judicial case was lost, his sacrifice paved the way | Major League Baseball Players Association - Facebook
• Pioneer Flood changed economics of baseball - MLB.com

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