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The AFLC was founded in 2013 by Chris McLaurin, [2] a former football player for the University of Michigan Wolverines.McLaurin, working in Chongqing at the time, helped to organize a group of locals and expatriates who were interested in football into the Chongqing Dockers, whose first season was profiled by the New Republic in The Year of the Pigskin. [3]
Peizhang Jackson He (Chinese: 何佩璋; pinyin: Hé Pèizhāng) is a Chinese former American football running back. He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils. He became the first Chinese-born player to play for a Power Five conference team when he appeared in a game against the UCLA Bruins on December 5, 2020. [2]
Ed Wang was the first full-blooded Chinese player to both be drafted and to play in the NFL [18] after the AFL–NFL merger, Edward was a former American football offensive tackle and played college football at Virginia Tech and was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 2010 NFL Draft.
Pages in category "Asian American players of American football" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Edward Kai Wang (born March 12, 1987) is a former American football offensive tackle. He played college football at Virginia Tech and was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the 2010 NFL draft. Wang was the first full-blooded Chinese player to both be drafted and to play in the NFL. [1] [2]
This was the first time a multiracial player has appeared for a China national football team of any level. [1] Since 2019, China had begun a series of naturalization on foreign-based players in order to improve the China national team's fortunes, with the naturalization of Nico Yennaris, an English-born Cypriot and Chinese player. [2]
Long Ding (born February 11, 1988) is a Chinese college athlete who plays American football as kicker. He was originally a member of the IFAF/USA Football International Student Program, [1] before entering college football after his arrival in the United States in 2007.
1956: Bobby Balcena becomes the first Asian-American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB), playing two games for the Cincinnati Redlegs. [84] 2008: Don Wakamatsu hired as the first Asian-American MLB manager. [85] 2020: Dave Roberts becomes the first Asian-American baseball manager to win the World Series. [86]