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19 de dic. de 2021 · Why Isn’t Kenny Washington an American Icon? The forgotten story of the man who broke the NFL’s color barrier—before Jackie Robinson got to Major League Baseball.
9 de feb. de 2021 · The Super Bowl pre-game video about Kenny Washington portrayed his breaking of the NFL's racial barrier as a happy ending. But the league's version of his story omits a lot, and filling in the...
10 de feb. de 2022 · So on March 21, 1946, Kenny Washington broke the color barrier, the first black player in the NFL. "By the time they did get him, he was 28 years old," his daughter said.
2 de feb. de 2018 · 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.)
22 de feb. de 2016 · Kenny Washington didn't achieve the accolades of Jackie Robinson, but holds the distinction of being the NFL's first African-American player in the modern era after being signed by the Los...
17 de feb. de 2012 · Washington became a huge draw in semi-pro ball. His Pacific Coast Football League team often was billed as Kenny Washington and the Hollywood Bears. But it looked like he'd never make it in the...
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.
