The NFL Shoots Itself In The Foot With Warren Moon
After winning the Rose Bowl MVP in college, Warren Moon somehow went undrafted by the NFL (read: he was a Black quarterback). He absolutely dominated the Canadian Football League for five years before becoming the first Black quarterback to win The Big Game. Today, he mentors young Black QBs navigating the NFL.
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George Halas Really Didn’t Want to Integrate the Bears
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Speaking of being Black in the NFL, the most important person in Chicago Bears history sure didn’t like that idea. George Halas played a central role in the NFL’s 12-year ban on Black players. Chicago sports historian Jack M. Silverstein goes deeper on Halas here, for weeping Bears fans in need of more info right now.