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Marlin Briscoe, who became the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League more than 50 years ago, died Monday. He was 76. His daughter, Angela Marriott, told The Associated ...
the first Black quarterback in the NFL Hall of Fame, and Bill Russell, the legendary basketball player and the first Black head coach in the NBA, are ingrained in the collective consciousness of ...
Doug Williams was the first Black quarterback to start and win the Super Bowl, leading the then-Washington Redskins to victory in 1988, and was followed by Russell Wilson for the Seattle Seahawks ...
The history of Black quarterbacks in the NFL is rooted in perseverance and breaking barriers. Willie Thrower made history in 1953 as the first Black quarterback to play in the NFL. Despite facing ...
Until now. The Feb. 12 matchup in Super Bowl 57 between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles marks the first time two Black quarterbacks will face off in the NFL’s marquee game ...
Quarterback Tyrod Taylor, who started Sunday’s game for the Giants, emerged victorious and, by doing so, became the first Black quarterback in the team’s history to obtain a win. According to ...
so here is the previously untold history of the first all-conference Black quarterback in the NIC-10: A player who never saw other quarterbacks who looked like him growing up, but now sees Jalen ...
He already holds a 36-18 career record and was part of Super Bowl LVII, where he lost to Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in the first matchup between two Black quarterbacks in the ...
Mahomes and Hurts will become the first Black starting quarterbacks to face off in the Super Bowl when the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles meet on Feb. 12. There’s been an overtime game.
It’s a historic moment for the NFL: Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts are set to become the first Black quarterbacks to face off in a Super Bowl. Their teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and ...