Friday, January 31, 2020

As long as we're on the topic....


For 12 years, from 1934 to 1946, there were no black players in the NFL. That’s right. For more than a decade, some of the most famous owners in the league’s history – George “Papa Bear” Halas, Art Rooney and Wellington Mara among them – had an unspoken agreement to ban black players.

Sources:  Photo (Wikipedia), text (History.com)

Source: ESPN

Photo credit:  SB Nation

Reported in Earl Lloyd, N.B.A.’s First Black Player, Dies at 86.  (The New York Times, 2/28/2015)

1950-51 final standings

Sources:  Text (The Undefeated), photo (Wikipedia)

Sources:  Photo (Wikipedia), text (World Golf Hall of Fame)

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