Jasmine Plumber
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∙ 2008-09-22 23:06:01willie thrower was the first back quarterback in football and he was a chicago bears
The first black quarterback who played for the Crimson Tide was Walter Lewis. He played for Alabama during the 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983 football seasons.
Marlin Briscoe for the Denver Broncos in 1968
did the cowboys first game have a black quarterback in 1960
Parnell Dickinson was not only the Buccaneers first quarterback, but their first black quarterback as well. He played during their inaugural 1976 year.
The first black starting quarterback in the SEC was Condredge Holloway of the University of Tennessee in 1972.
Tim Caffey was the first Black quarterback at Huffman High in Birmingham
the first African American quarterback drafted was Fritz Pollard
Walter Lewis was the first black starting quarterback in Alabama history. He was also the last quarterback to play for the legendary Coach Bear Bryant.
Frederick "Fritz" Pollard is generally credited as the first black quarterback in professional football. He is also the first black football player to play in the Rose Bowl (1918). In 1923, playing for Hammond in the American Professional Football Association (The APFA was the forefather of the NFL) he called plays and took direct snaps from the center, although forward passes were rare in those early days of professional football. In 1953, Willie Thrower became the first black quarterback in the NFL's modern era. He was a backup QB for the Chicago Bears. Also in 1953, George Taliaferro became the first black quarterback to start a game in the NFL when he did this twice for the Baltimore Colts. The Colts were running a wing T and the ball would be snapped to Taliaferro and he would decide to run, pitch, or pass. The first black quarterback to start a playoff game and also appear in a Pro Bowl was the Rams' James Harris during the mid 1970s. The first black quarterback to win the Super Bowl was the Washington Redskins' Doug Williams.
The second black quarterback to play was Marlin Briscoe. Willie Thrower was the first.
The first black female football player of note was Yvonne Badleo who left Crystal Palace for AC Milan in 1982. Has anyone heard any news about her since that move?