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First A-A player in NFL playoff game

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Re: First A-A player in NFL playoff game

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 5:38 pm
by Bryan
RichardBak wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:18 pm Here's Tank in the 1949 title game.


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Weird that Tank is wearing a facemask

Re: First A-A player in NFL playoff game

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 5:38 pm
by JuggernautJ
Other Younger firsts:
The National Football Foundation (College) Hall of Fame also says...
"He became the first black player to play in an NFL All-Star Game."
https://footballfoundation.org/honors/h ... unger/1723

Wikipedia:
"became the first NFL player from an HBCU"
and...
"He was the first black player to play in an NFL All-Star Game and became the league's first black assistant general manager (with the San Diego Chargers, 1975–1987)."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_%22Tank%22_Younger

All of which is corroborated by his Hall of Very Good Bio:
https://www.profootballresearchers.org/ ... -2007.html

He was also a pretty darn good football player, regardless of color:
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/ ... unTa00.htm
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