Doug Williams—The First Black Quarterback to Win The Superbowl
Our American Stories
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, African Americans could be running backs, wide receivers, linebackers...but in the eyes of many coaches and team owners not quarterbacks—that was a "thinking man's" position. John Eisenberg, author of Rocketmen: The Black Quarterbacks Who Revolutionized Pro Football tells the story of how Doug Williams—put that racist notion to rest once and for all in 1989 with the Redskin's victory over the Elway-led Denver Broncos.
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