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Kenneth Stanley Washington dit Kenny Washington, né le 31 août 1918 à Los Angeles et décédé le 24 juin 1971 à Los Angeles, est un joueur professionnel américain de football américain évoluant en NFL de 1946 à 1948.
- 24 juin 1971à Los Angeles ( Californie)
- États-Unis
- 31 août 1918à Los Angeles ( Californie)
- Kenneth Stanley Washington
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.
2 avr. 2014 · One of the first African American college football stars, Kenny Washington was one of two Black athletes to reintegrate the NFL in 1946.
20 juin 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
19 déc. 2021 · Kenny Washington was the first Black player to integrate the NFL in 1946, but his legacy has been overshadowed by Jackie Robinson. Learn how Washington became a star at UCLA and in the Los Angeles Rams, and why he was not recognized as an American icon.
- Joshua Neuman
2 févr. 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.
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. After his All-America season of 1939, the Helms Foundation named ...
