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From its inception in 1920 as a loose coalition of various regional teams, the American Professional Football Association had comparatively few African-American players; a total of nine black players suited up for NFL teams between 1920 and 1926, including future attorney, black activist and internationally acclaimed artist Paul Robeson, as ...
The following year, Marshall renamed the Braves the Boston Redskins and brokered an NFL-wide ban on black players. Joe Lillard was released, and by 1934, there were no black players with NFL contracts. In 1937, Marshall moved the Redskins to the southern city of Washington D.C., which was still segregated, renaming the team the Washington Redskins.
Kenneth Stanley Washington (August 31, 1918 – June 24, 1971) was an American professional football player who was the first African-American to sign a contract with a National Football League (NFL) team in the modern (post-World War II) era. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins.
Famous Black athletes span all sports, from football and basketball to tennis and gymnastics. This article focuses on 10 whose excellence made them household names and changed their sports forever.
For the first time in NFL history, reports Touchdownwire, the league started 10 Black NFL quarterbacks. Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson, 31; New England Patriots' Cam Newton, 31; Los Angeles ...
McNair played college football for the Alcorn State Braves, with whom he won the 1994 Walter Payton Award as the top player in NCAA Division I-AA. He was selected third overall by the Oilers in the 1995 NFL draft. He started six games in his first two seasons combined before becoming the team's regular starting quarterback for the 1997 season ...
In 2003, McNair became the first Black quarterback to win the NFL Most Valuable Player award, though he shared it with Peyton Manning. Again, a run of success with a Black quarterback running the ...
NFL offensive guard, singer of spirituals and blues; painter, actor, TV host, part of first African-American father-son duo in NFL history Born in Chicago Harold Bradley Sr. Sept 7, 1905 Nov 30, 1973 Second black lineman, part of first African-American father-son duo in NFL history Raised and died in Chicago Dick Butkus: Dec 9, 1942: Oct 5, 2023