Football Color Barrier

Despite these tense social conditions (and 20 years before the Civil Rights Act of 1964), four valiant men helped integrate the NFL in 1946, one year before Jackie Robinson smashed professional baseball's color barrier. But, by 1933, football was becoming big business and blacks were not welcomed. It wasn't until 1946, in one very special year, that four men endured the taunts, broke the NFL color barrier and.

Washington ended his football career three years after breaking the color barrier when his knees finally gave out, Greenburg said. Neither Washington nor Strode have been elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but Motley and Willis, who had longer careers, were. Sports Why Isn't Kenny Washington an American Icon? The forgotten story of the man who broke the NFL's color barrier.

Breaking the Color Barrier: The Story of the First African American NFL ...

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Keyshawn Johnson about his new book - The Forgotten First - about the four Black pioneers who broke the NFL's color barrier. Daughter Honors Kenny Washington, Who Broke NFL's Color Barrier So on March 21, 1946, Kenny Washington broke the color barrier, the first black player in the NFL. Major League Baseball celebrates Robinson every year on April 15 -- the date in 1947 when he broke baseball's longstanding color barrier.

But March 21 comes and goes every year without anyone. From Forgotten to Forever: The 5 Black Walk-Ons Who Broke Alabama Football's Color Barrier Before History Was Ready When people talk about the legends of Alabama football, the names come easy: Bear Bryant, Joe Namath, Derrick Henry, Nick Saban. Breaking the Pro Football Color Barrier While the story of Jackie Robinson breaking baseball's long established color barrier in 1947 is well known, few recall that professional football broke the same barrier a year earlier.

Breaking the Pro Football Color Barrier | College Football Hall of Fame

The 1946 season started with the addition of a new league, the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), and eight new. Four Men Who Broke Pro Football's Color Barrier: Kenny Washington and Woody Strode, Bill Willis and Marion Motley.

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