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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.
In a 1979 game against the Chicago Bears, Williams and Bears quarterback Vince Evans made history by making it the first NFL game ever to have a black starting quarterback on both teams. [10] Tampa Bay, which had won just two games in the first two years of the franchise, went to the playoffs three times in five seasons with Williams as starter ...
Harris thus became the first African-American quarterback to start and win an NFL playoff game. [1] The Rams lost the NFC Championship Game to the Minnesota Vikings 14–10. Harris was named to the NFC Pro Bowl team in 1974 and was awarded MVP of that game. [6] The strong-armed Harris helped lead the team to another division title in 1975.
The American Football League had the first Black placekicker in U.S. professional football, Gene Mingo of the Denver Broncos (Mingo's primary claim to fame, however, was as a running back, and was only secondarily a placekicker); and the first Black regular starting quarterback of the modern era, Marlin Briscoe of the Denver Broncos. [40]
On Feb. 12, both of the teams in Super Bowl LVII will feature a Black starting quarterback for the first time in the championship game's history. Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes, already a Super ...
First African American basketball player to play in the NBA All-Star Game: Don Barksdale in the 1953 NBA All-Star Game [25] First African American quarterback to play in the National Football League during the modern (post-World War II) era: Willie Thrower (Chicago Bears) [36]
Briscoe started five games that season. ... In 1974, Harris played for the Los Angeles Rams and became the first Black quarterback to win an NFL playoff game. He also was Pro Bowl MVP that season.
He was the first African-American drafted into the National Football League when he was selected in the 13th round (129th pick overall) of the 1949 NFL draft. On November 22, 1953, he became the first black player to start at quarterback in the NFL in the post-color bar era when he saw emergency duty against the Los Angeles Rams.