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Johnny Bright Incident – October 21, 1951 Des Moines Register newspaper page showing Robinson and Ultang photo sequence [1]. The Johnny Bright incident was a violent on-field assault against African-American player Johnny Bright by Wilbanks Smith, a white opposing player during an American college football game held on October 20, 1951, in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Penn State: certainly angry after being pounded into an angry submission during a 24-15 loss Saturday in Happy Valley. The other 12 Big Ten schools: very, very angry. The sign-stealing saga has ...
Bryan Corey Anger (born October 6, 1988) is an American professional football punter for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears and was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the third round of the 2012 NFL draft.
The Rams added a second Black player, Woody Strode, on May 7, 1946, giving them two Black players going into the 1946 season. Even after this incident, racial integration was slow to come to the NFL. No team followed the Rams in re-integrating the NFL until the Detroit Lions signed Mel Groomes and Bob Mann in 1948.
The demise of the competing American Football League (AFL) in the 1920s left a "glut of available white players eager to sign on with the NFL, rendering Black players expendable." [ 1 ] In 1926, there were five Black players in the NFL, in 1927 only one.
The Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL) selected White in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL draft. [5] [3] The Eagles wanted White to play as a linebacker and had him lose 20 pounds (9.1 kg). [4] The Eagles cut White before the start of the 1996 NFL season [6] and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed him to their practice squad. [7]
Following FSU's 63-3 defeat by Georgia in the Orange Bowl, coach Mike Norvell gave an impassioned, emotional speech to his players in the locker room.
Adrian Darnell White (born April 6, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. White played college football for the Florida Gators , and thereafter, he played professionally for the New York Giants , Green Bay Packers and New ...