Katie Blackburn

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(01-28-2019, 01:46 PM)TheUberHuber Wrote: I admit i did not know this and i even googled it lol... if you google "first black professional sports player" the guys paul brown hired do not come up.

I bet if you ask 100 people outside of Cincinnati 100 people would say Jackie robinson.  

Maybe someone from the bengals board should edit the wikipedia??

Don't feel bad, I didn't know it until the Football Life on Paul Brown came out. I have no idea why it continues to be overlooked.  I guess it's kind of like the history that wasn't taught in our schools.  MLB was MUCH bigger than professional football in those days too.