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Now I'm no expert on American football or indeed African-American history, however I feel this could be a good article with a lot of information. Myself0101 ( talk) 13:56, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
This article should be called "Black players in professional American football." If you're trying to differentiate between American football and soccer, the current title of this article makes it seem like this is about professional footballers (soccer players) in America. 128.211.198.168 ( talk) 22:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
The section on how the NFL discriminates against white players is laughable, very few people feel this way. This section should be deleted.----
Race and sports could use a brief summary of this article if someone is willing to lend a hand there. Thanks! Location ( talk) 17:40, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
I am requesting the section i wrote in Bert Bell called Reintegration be merged into this section....its fully cited. 66.234.33.8 ( talk) 22:12, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
in further reading:
66.234.33.8 ( talk) 09:58, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Ain't this supposed to be African Americans in professional football or maybe, much wiser, just African Americans and the National Football League??? 66.234.33.8 ( talk) 12:14, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
On April 1, 2012, the following was found in the entry:
"In 1946, after the Rams had received approval to move to Los Angeles, members of the African American print media made the Los Angeles Coliseum commission aware the NFL did not have any African American players[18] and reminded the commission the Coliseum was supported with public funds. Therefore, its commission had to abide by an 1896 Supreme Court decision, Plessy v. Ferguson, by not leasing the stadium to a segregated team.[19] Also, they specifically suggested the Rams should give Washington a tryout.
I learned about Plessy vs. Ferguson long ago in high school. What I learned was that it legitimized "separate but equal." It does not make sense to me that Plessy vs. Ferguson was used to force the Rams to integrate in order for them to play in the Coliseum, a publicly owned facility. I am not a historian of sports. I wondered if a Wikipedean who is knowledgeable about the history of sports could check on the veracity this seemingly anomalous assertion. Thanks. Iss246 ( talk) 21:10, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Category:African-American players of American football has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 22:14, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
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Permanent reintegration of pro football.
[2] I left the Colts and Texans off the list as they signed a player their first season of existence (1953 and 1952).
CHICAGO BEARS 1952 – Eddie Macon, HB (Pacific)
CHICAGO CARDINALS 1952 – Cliff Anderson, E (Indiana); Ollie Matson, HB (San Francisco); Wally Triplett, HB (Penn State)
DETROIT LIONS 1948 – Melvin Groomes, HB (Indiana); Bob Mann, E (Michigan)
GREEN BAY PACKERS 1950 – Bob Mann, E (Michigan)
LOS ANGELES RAMS 1946 – Kenny Washington, HB (UCLA); Woody Strode, E (UCLA)
NEW YORK GIANTS 1948 – Emlen Tunnell, S (Iowa)
NEW YORK YANKS (Defunct) 1950 – Sherman Howard, HB (Nevada-Reno); Buddy Young, HB (Illinois); George Taliaferro, HB/QB (Indiana)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1952 – Ralph Goldston, HB (Youngstown State); Donald Stevens, HB/DB (Illinois)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1952 – Jack Spinks, G (Alcorn State)
WASHINGTON REDSKINS 1962 – Ron Hatcher, FB (Michigan State); Bobby Mitchell, HB/FL (Illinois)
First African American(s) on All-America Football Conference (AAFC) Teams
The AAFC was a rival pro football league that existed from 1946 to 1949. Here is a list of the first African-American(s) who first played for each of the clubs. Three of the league’s teams, the Buffalo Bisons/Bills, Miami Seahawks, and Baltimore Colts had no black players.
BROOKLYN DODGERS 1947 – Elmore “Pepper” Harris, HB (Morgan State)
CHICAGO ROCKETS 1947 – Bill Bass, HB (Nevada-Reno)
CLEVELAND BROWNS 1946 – Bill Willis, G/MG (Ohio State); Marion Motley, FB (South Carolina State; Nevada)
LOS ANGELES DONS 1947 – Ezzret Anderson, E (Kentucky State); John Brown, C (North Carolina Central); Bert Piggott, HB (Illinois)
NEW YORK YANKEES 1947 – Buddy Young, HB (Illinois)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 1948 – Bob Mike, T (UCLA); Joe Perry, FB (Compton Junior College)
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Now I'm no expert on American football or indeed African-American history, however I feel this could be a good article with a lot of information. Myself0101 ( talk) 13:56, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
This article should be called "Black players in professional American football." If you're trying to differentiate between American football and soccer, the current title of this article makes it seem like this is about professional footballers (soccer players) in America. 128.211.198.168 ( talk) 22:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
The section on how the NFL discriminates against white players is laughable, very few people feel this way. This section should be deleted.----
Race and sports could use a brief summary of this article if someone is willing to lend a hand there. Thanks! Location ( talk) 17:40, 4 April 2011 (UTC)
I am requesting the section i wrote in Bert Bell called Reintegration be merged into this section....its fully cited. 66.234.33.8 ( talk) 22:12, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
in further reading:
66.234.33.8 ( talk) 09:58, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
Ain't this supposed to be African Americans in professional football or maybe, much wiser, just African Americans and the National Football League??? 66.234.33.8 ( talk) 12:14, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
On April 1, 2012, the following was found in the entry:
"In 1946, after the Rams had received approval to move to Los Angeles, members of the African American print media made the Los Angeles Coliseum commission aware the NFL did not have any African American players[18] and reminded the commission the Coliseum was supported with public funds. Therefore, its commission had to abide by an 1896 Supreme Court decision, Plessy v. Ferguson, by not leasing the stadium to a segregated team.[19] Also, they specifically suggested the Rams should give Washington a tryout.
I learned about Plessy vs. Ferguson long ago in high school. What I learned was that it legitimized "separate but equal." It does not make sense to me that Plessy vs. Ferguson was used to force the Rams to integrate in order for them to play in the Coliseum, a publicly owned facility. I am not a historian of sports. I wondered if a Wikipedean who is knowledgeable about the history of sports could check on the veracity this seemingly anomalous assertion. Thanks. Iss246 ( talk) 21:10, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Category:African-American players of American football has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Liz Read! Talk! 22:14, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
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Permanent reintegration of pro football.
[2] I left the Colts and Texans off the list as they signed a player their first season of existence (1953 and 1952).
CHICAGO BEARS 1952 – Eddie Macon, HB (Pacific)
CHICAGO CARDINALS 1952 – Cliff Anderson, E (Indiana); Ollie Matson, HB (San Francisco); Wally Triplett, HB (Penn State)
DETROIT LIONS 1948 – Melvin Groomes, HB (Indiana); Bob Mann, E (Michigan)
GREEN BAY PACKERS 1950 – Bob Mann, E (Michigan)
LOS ANGELES RAMS 1946 – Kenny Washington, HB (UCLA); Woody Strode, E (UCLA)
NEW YORK GIANTS 1948 – Emlen Tunnell, S (Iowa)
NEW YORK YANKS (Defunct) 1950 – Sherman Howard, HB (Nevada-Reno); Buddy Young, HB (Illinois); George Taliaferro, HB/QB (Indiana)
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 1952 – Ralph Goldston, HB (Youngstown State); Donald Stevens, HB/DB (Illinois)
PITTSBURGH STEELERS 1952 – Jack Spinks, G (Alcorn State)
WASHINGTON REDSKINS 1962 – Ron Hatcher, FB (Michigan State); Bobby Mitchell, HB/FL (Illinois)
First African American(s) on All-America Football Conference (AAFC) Teams
The AAFC was a rival pro football league that existed from 1946 to 1949. Here is a list of the first African-American(s) who first played for each of the clubs. Three of the league’s teams, the Buffalo Bisons/Bills, Miami Seahawks, and Baltimore Colts had no black players.
BROOKLYN DODGERS 1947 – Elmore “Pepper” Harris, HB (Morgan State)
CHICAGO ROCKETS 1947 – Bill Bass, HB (Nevada-Reno)
CLEVELAND BROWNS 1946 – Bill Willis, G/MG (Ohio State); Marion Motley, FB (South Carolina State; Nevada)
LOS ANGELES DONS 1947 – Ezzret Anderson, E (Kentucky State); John Brown, C (North Carolina Central); Bert Piggott, HB (Illinois)
NEW YORK YANKEES 1947 – Buddy Young, HB (Illinois)
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 1948 – Bob Mike, T (UCLA); Joe Perry, FB (Compton Junior College)