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Kenneth Stanley Washington (August 31, 1918 – June 24, 1971) was an American professional football player who was the first African-American to sign a contract with a National Football League (NFL) team in the modern (post-World War II) era.
Feb 2, 2018 · Kenny Washington had an eventful–and in some ways contradictory–life ahead of him. But in 1939 he was a star, plain and simple. “The Kingfish” was an athletic phenomenon.
Apr 2, 2014 · Best Known For: One of the first African American college football stars, Kenny Washington was one of two Black athletes to reintegrate the NFL in 1946. Kenny Washington played football...
Jun 20, 2024 · Kenny Washington was one of the first African American college gridiron football stars on the West Coast and one of two black players to reintegrate the National Football League (NFL) in 1946. Washington was a single-wing tailback at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), from 1937.
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Dec 19, 2021 · Why Isn’t Kenny Washington an American Icon? The forgotten story of the man who broke the NFL’s color barrier—before Jackie Robinson got to Major League Baseball.
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Feb 9, 2021 · The Super Bowl pre-game video about Kenny Washington portrayed his breaking of the NFL's racial barrier as a happy ending.
Ken Washington was the first All-American in the history of the University of California-Los Angeles football and the first Bruin to be elected to the National Football Foundation's Hall of Fame. In his three years at UCLA, 1937-1939, the team had records of 2-6-1, 7-4-1, 6-0-4.
