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Fritz Pollard became the NFL's first black quarterback in 1923. This list of black starting NFL quarterbacks includes those who have started in a regular-season or post-season game in the National Football League (NFL). The quarterback is the leader of a team's offense, directing other players on the field.
Details of the history of black players in professional American football depend on the professional football league considered, which includes the National Football League (NFL); the American Football League (AFL), a rival league from 1960 through 1969 which eventually merged with the NFL; and the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which existed from 1946 to 1949.
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 ...
For example, during the 2005–2006 academic year, high revenue NCAA sports (basketball and football) had 51 percent black student athletes, whereas only 17 percent of head coaches in the same high revenue sports were black [88] Also, in the same 2005–2006 year, only 5.5 percent of athletic directors at Division I "PWIs" (Primarily White ...
A pair of officials at a Maryland high school football game in September 2008. White knickers used to be worn by officials; black trousers are now standard.. For ease of recognition, officials are usually clad in a black-and-white vertically striped shirt and black trousers with a thin white stripe down the side (this was formerly white knickers with black/white striped stirrup stockings or ...
The 1969 Texas Longhorns football team was the last all-white national title team in college football history. Whittier says he played linebacker and offensive guard as a substitute during his sophomore year, and developed a routine with the quarterbacks where they would throw him the ball after a practice play. [ 3 ]
Eliah Drinkwitz's team will not only wear all-black uniforms, but also will don a gold Block M against the seventh-ranked Buckeyes (11-1, 8-1 in Big Ten play). No. 9 Missouri (10-2, 6-2 SEC) will ...
Sanford Emory Stephens II (September 21, 1940 – June 6, 2000) was an American football player and civic leader. Stephens was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area city of Uniontown, Pennsylvania and is best known for his career as a college football quarterback for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, where he became one of the first African-American quarterbacks in major college football and the ...