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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.
American football: List of African-American sports firsts; History of African Americans in the Canadian Football League; Black college football national championship; Rooney Rule; U.S. national anthem kneeling protests; Other sports: List of first black players for European national football teams (association football) Baseball color line
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 ...
From their record-breaking plays to their advocacy on and off the field, Black NFL players have played a large role […]
He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956 [26] and his number 13 jersey was the first to be retired at UCLA. [1] He was posthumously inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. [27] His alma mater Abraham Lincoln High School has annually awarded the Kenny Washington Trophy to the school's best football player since 1949 ...
First African American professional basketball player: Harry Lew (New England Professional Basketball League) [13] (See also: 1950) First African-American professional American football player: Charles Follis [citation needed] [14] First African American boxing champion: Joe Gans, a lightweight [citation needed]
Alabama football will honor John Mitchell and Wilbur Jackson on Saturday at A-Day for their roles in integrating the Crimson Tide in the 1970s.
George Jewett, 1892. Jewett attended the University of Michigan from 1890 to 1893, where he became the first African American in the school's history to letter in football. [7] [8] In 1890, Jewett was the starting fullback for the Michigan team that went 4–1 and outscored opponents 129–36. [9]