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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.
Walter Jerry Payton (July 25, 1953 [notes 1] – November 1, 1999) was an American professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. Nicknamed "Sweetness", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time.
Lorenzo Maurice White (born July 12, 1966) is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers (1988–1994) and Cleveland Browns (1995). He was voted to the Pro Bowl in 1992, recording his best season with 1,226 rushing yards and 1,867 yards from scrimmage.
Born in Monrovia, California, Johnson attended Damien High School in La Verne, where he was a two-sport star in football and track.In football, he was named Inland Valley Offensive Player of the Year, L.A. Times All-San Gabriel Valley first-team, San Gabriel Valley Tribune All-Area first-team, Daily Bulletin Inland Valley All-Area Team, All-Sierra League MVP, and CIF Division II first-team all ...
Eric Demetric Dickerson (born September 2, 1960) is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. . Dickerson played college football for the Mustangs of Southern Methodist University and was recognized as an All-Ame
Robert Scott Smith (born March 4, 1972) is an American college football analyst for Fox Sports and the Big Ten Network.He played professionally as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, and played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
After the players went on a strike on the third week of the season, those games were canceled (reducing the 16-game season to 15) and the NFL decided that the games would be played with replacement players. In September, he was re-signed to be a part of the Cowboys replacement team, which was given the mock name "Rhinestone Cowboys" by the media.
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 ...