Who was the first black neighborhood in the NFL back? That is a very interesting question and the answer seems to depend largely on who you ask. You will hear names like Briscoe and Harris, Williams and Thrower but none of them really the first black QB? Let's do a little research.
Some are convinced that the only correct answer is Willie Thrower. He played for the Chicago Bears in mid-October 1953. It was his first and last game. Never appeared in another game and would be 15 years before another African American would have a snap in a pro game. But is it historically correct? Others think it was a man named Joe quiquedcode, known as Jefferson Street Joe not until the 70s. Joe even has a website dedicated to him with this honor and they have been credited with the title black in the fourth lap. But it was not really anyone before these players?
Because of the racial attitudes of the time, it appears that while black players allowed to play, there were many starting positions, and while all the players mentioned above have a role in the history of the back quarter black, and is accurate to say that Briscoe was the first to start a game. He played quarterback for the Denver Broncos in 1968. Lines of time and history would tell us not until 1974 for a black player to start a playoff game. His name was James Harris, played for the Rams from Los Angeles. It would be fourteen years before Doug Williams would the first to bring and win a championship for the Washington Redskins in 1988.
What is the best and most accurate answer? The correct answer would have to be None of the above with the correct answer goes back far beyond common mistake.
In fact, Fritz Pollard is the correct answer. He played as quarterback back in the 20 years for a professional team known as the Hammond. Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard was born in 1894 in Rogers Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He was one of eight children. Pollard graduated from Lane High School in Chicago, where he ran track and later went on to play college football at the University Brown. In 1915, as a freshman, took Brown to the Rose Bowl against Washington State. It was also the first African American to play in the Rose Bowl. Other achievements in the spring of 1916, set a world record in low hurdles for the track team at Brown University, qualifying for the Olympic team. Also in 1916 he led Brown to a 8-1 record with 12 touchdowns. It was the first African American head coach in the NFL. He also organized the first race game of stars in Chicago to show African American players. "Frtiz" Pollard died in 1986 at the age of 92.
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