Kenny Washington Breaks the NFL's Color Barrier

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8 жыл бұрын

Kenny Washington didn't achieve the accolades of Jackie Robinson, but holds the distinction of being the NFL's first African-American player in the modern era after being signed by the Los Angeles Rams.
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@LostAlienOnEarth 6 жыл бұрын

Rams gained my respect fully. Thank you, Rams! Kenny Washington is an inspirimg figure.

@andrewr62 6 жыл бұрын

Would be a cool Jersey to own. They should really put it out.

@bigmacjack4308 4 жыл бұрын

Andrew you could make your own custom jersey

@IShowRage 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather had one but when he died we couldn't find it

@holstfly1 5 ай бұрын

This aged beautifully brother

@BigHandsome519 4 ай бұрын

@@holstfly1why did they make one?

@ozla4122 8 жыл бұрын

Greatness comes out of UCLA Kenny Washington, Jackie Robinson just to name some

@BaldHeadSosa 6 жыл бұрын

Oz La Lew Alcindor

@whosaidthat84 5 жыл бұрын

U! C! L! A! FIGHT, FIGHT FIGHT!

@lilbogey1563 5 жыл бұрын

Kareem or lou Alcindor

@coreylevine8095 Жыл бұрын

Ironically both the Rams and Dodgers will move to Los Angeles winning Champions

@falanajerido875 3 жыл бұрын

I just found out about this great blackman who broke the color barrier by watching superbowl lv God bless him

@twintj1345 4 жыл бұрын

This need to have more views

@geraldboles7816 Жыл бұрын

Blessings. Will always love and appreciate Kenny Washington and what his contribution to a pro football sport. One love Kenny. I will never forget you. Afro G64 lamiert Park Village LA Crenshaw 😇⭐✨🔥❤️😁

@falanajerido875 3 жыл бұрын

This is great history viola spoke it well on superbowl LV

@lf7099 3 жыл бұрын

Wow!!

@ROLLIN-DUB 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent story

@tykeemgadsden445 6 жыл бұрын

the NFL really take many different ways on taking players for granted and to know about races from how people look or their skin color

@KlassicBeats1 3 ай бұрын

the mlb, has jackie robinson, day which is today in which all the players wear the number 42, and we celebrate the history and doors he opened for african american athletes around the world. i always wondered why the nfl never did anything like this for the first african american nfl player..

@joeyboombatz6509 3 жыл бұрын

No color barrier for the last um ...... 70 years !

@mmaranta785 3 жыл бұрын

Well still be talking about it for the next 200 years

@alexamerling79 2 ай бұрын

Because it was a historical moment?

@renegade5872 8 жыл бұрын

Los Angeles Rams that's one of the reasons I love this team.

@fredsmith2451 5 жыл бұрын

Renegade. give us the team that courtesy light blue color what team is it

@Trueix 2 жыл бұрын

Superbowl

@eriksarni1 3 жыл бұрын

Lincoln High School Tigers 🏈🐯 Los Angeles #CIFLACS

@falanajerido875 3 жыл бұрын

Jc?

@chap5445 3 жыл бұрын

I'm happy for the enliightment, we belong together

@MrWhitelightning73 2 жыл бұрын

I’m here after watching “42”. What a struggle it was for black folks back then.

@Mookaron 3 жыл бұрын

Just seen Viola Davis tell a piece of Kenny's story. He was swept under the rug.

@anthonyarmstrong1423 3 жыл бұрын

That's a fact my brother peace and blessings to you 💯

@Mookaron 3 жыл бұрын

@@anthonyarmstrong1423 Salute

@FashionGeek_Chi 5 жыл бұрын

We wuz history makarsss and sheeet.

@PlumberWRX 8 жыл бұрын

Nfl Teams get players from college , even back then , and not many black people went to college back then.

@arogthegriot 5 жыл бұрын

Not true at all, hbcu's have always had sports. Plus back then college was seen as pro and the nfl was seen as a beer league until papa bear Halas signed red grange to Chicago, college players looked down on CFL and nfl

@RGsmokinthathunnitHMNdawgpound 8 жыл бұрын

HTTR

@payytondee7216 5 жыл бұрын

Is as only here for school

@whowannaentanglement3681 Жыл бұрын

He was doing witch craft on them white boys

@amandamcfarlin2532 8 жыл бұрын

4th

@glennsmeal5004 8 жыл бұрын

287th

@rjweston3683 8 жыл бұрын

2nd

@nicholaskarman9771 8 жыл бұрын

first

@coreylevine8095 Жыл бұрын

He married a Hawaiian woman and got hate for that WTH

@maxschilawski 8 жыл бұрын

1st! 🏅

@maxgroe2182 8 жыл бұрын

+XboxOne king nope

@maxschilawski 8 жыл бұрын

4 seconds doe!

@PinHeadzBlackson 4 жыл бұрын

He didnt break NFLs color barriee

@dayneburns2782 4 жыл бұрын

reintegration

@kevinmccabe3984 3 жыл бұрын

Yes he did. Similar to baseball the nfl wasn’t segregated at first, but as it became more popular, racist owners wanted it to look more “professional” and segregated it. Jackie Robinson and Kenny Washington weren’t the first professional black players in their sport leagues, but they did break the color barriers set in place for decades.

@charmainejames9539 3 жыл бұрын

NFL didn’t have a color barrier to break. The NFL’s first championship was won by the Akron Pro’s , whose star player was Fritz Pollard, who was a star football player from Brown University. The NFL should celebrate the fact no color barrier existed in the league from its beginning, instead of the misleading historical narrative of Kenny Washington.

@kevinmccabe3984 3 жыл бұрын

That’s not true. There was a de facto ban on African Americans for more than a decade because of the influence of George Preston Marshall. Saying the nfl had no color barrier is the same as saying mlb had no color barrier. Fleet walker was the first black mlb player in 1884, but Jackie Robinson still broke the color barrier in 1947. Like football the color barrier was formed after Fleet’s career as the league became more popular

@hdhdhsyske1695 8 жыл бұрын

I don't believe we should make it about race. Make it about the productivity of the players. Let's like this comment to spread the message. 👍

@deleted3351 8 жыл бұрын

black history month...get out👉

@NRobbi42 8 жыл бұрын

Missing the whole point.

@aapferb694 8 жыл бұрын

Don't act stupid.

@Idiombomb 8 жыл бұрын

+Paulo Tude WTF are you talking about??

@thesixpwr2 5 жыл бұрын

there were unwritten rules that the league would not admit black layers, the rams received backlash from the rest of the league for this decision... proves how racist people still were.