FILE – St. Louis Cardinals football player Marlin Briscoe (86) is shown in August 1975. Marlin Briscoe, the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League, died Monday ...

James Hurley, the first Black player to make the University of Georgia football team’s roster, will be honored at an award ceremony on Sept. 29. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, the Association for ...

THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, NFL HALL OF FAMER BRIAN DAWKINS SHARES HOW DOCTOR GUION (GUY-ON) BLUFORD MADE HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN ... on the part of players of color through ...

AP Berwanger isn’t the only player to be drafted first in the NFL and not play a game; tragically, the Heisman Trophy’s first black recipient, Ernie Davis, was picked first in 1962 but died of ...

In 1971, Lora Hinton, Jr. became the first Black scholarship football player at LSU. However, there were players and community members that were furious that he was allowed to join the team.

Coordinators and position coaches only.” McLaurin, like the majority of NFL players, is Black, and, like some of his colleagues, harbors concerns about the lack of Black head coaches.

Berwanger isn’t the only player to be drafted first in the NFL and not play a game; tragically, the Heisman Trophy’s first black recipient, Ernie Davis, was picked first in 1962 but died of leukemia ...