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2. Black players in professional American football - Wikipedia

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   From its inception in 1920 as a loose coalition of various regional teams, the American Professional Football Association had comparatively few African-American players; a total of nine black players suited up for NFL teams between 1920 and 1926, including future attorney, black activist and internationally acclaimed artist Paul Robeson, as ...

3. List of black starting NFL quarterbacks - Wikipedia

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   In 1967, the American Football League agreed to merge with the NFL, becoming the American Football Conference, with most former NFL teams forming the National Football Conference. Although the first championship game between the two conferences, known as the Super Bowl, was held in 1967, the merger was not completed until 1970.

4. 2021 NFL season - Wikipedia

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   The 2021 NFL league year and trading period began on March 17. On March 15, teams were allowed to exercise options for 2021 on players with option clauses in their contracts, submit qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents, and submit a Minimum Salary Tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2020 contracts and fewer than three accrued ...

5. Racial issues faced by black quarterbacks - Wikipedia

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   In gridiron football and its variants, American football and Canadian football, the quarterback position is often considered the most important on the team. While there have been a growing number of players of African or minority descent throughout the history of collegiate and professional football, black players have historically faced difficulty in landing and retaining quarterback roles ...

6. 2021 in American football - Wikipedia

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   September 9: The start of the 102nd season of the National Football League, with defending Super Bowl LV champion Tampa Bay defeating Dallas in the NFL Kickoff Game. It is the first to feature a 17-game regular season schedule, which ended on January 9, 2022.

7. Doug Williams (quarterback) - Wikipedia

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   Williams was the only starting African-American quarterback in the NFL at that time, and dealt with racism from the fans, and even his own coaching staff. In his book Rise of the Black QB , author Jason Reid cited an incident in the 1978 Tampa Bay training camp, in which quarterbacks coach Bill Nelsen began berating Williams in what was ...

8. Greg Joseph - Wikipedia

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   Greg Joseph (born August 4, 1994) is a South African professional American football placekicker for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Florida Atlantic Owls and signed with the Miami Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2018. Joseph has also been a member of several other NFL teams ...

9. Nik Bonitto - Wikipedia

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   Bonitto repeated as a second-team All-Big 12 selection after finishing his redshirt junior season with 39 total tackles, 15 tackles for loss, 7 sacks and one forced fumble. Following the conclusion of the regular season, he announced his decision to forgo his redshirt senior season and enter the 2022 NFL draft as well as opt out of the 2021 ...