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 …

Fritz Pollard and Bobby Marshall were the first black players in what is now the NFL in 1920. Pollard became the first (and until 1989, only) black head coach in 1921; during the early-to …

2018年2月2日 · On March 21st 1946 Washington became their marquee signing: the first black player to sign an NFL contract in the postwar era. (Strode followed two months later.)

As Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts prepare to make history as the first two Black starting quarterbacks in the same Super Bowl, take a look back at several of the league's Black …

In 1920, Fritz Pollard became the first African-American to play in the NFL during its formative years. However, in the years after Fritz’s departure, the NFL owners imposed a “gentleman’s …

During the early years, blacks were banned from the NFL. The first known Black man to play pro football was Charles Follis, with the Shelby Athletic Club in 1902. When Follis retired from …

2021年10月27日 · Back in 1920, they allowed their first two Black American players into the American Professional football Association (later renamed the National Football League), Fritz …

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. Taliaferro …

2022年2月16日 · The Rams eventually gave in and signed hometown hero Washington in March 1946, making him the first black football player to ink a professional contract in the modern …

2022年11月8日 · Robinson was the first African-American MLB player, starting at first base for the Dodgers in 1947. He won the World Series in 1955 and his jersey (#42) remains iconic to this …