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Kenneth Stanley Washington dit Kenny Washington, né le 31 août 1918 à Los Angeles ( Californie) et décédé le 24 juin 1971 à Los Angeles, est un joueur professionnel américain de football américain évoluant en NFL de 1946 à 1948.
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. Updated: Oct 15, 2020 (1918-1971)
9 févr. 2021 · The NFL and CBS highlighted Kenny Washington, the first Black player in the NFL in 1946, as part of Black History Month. But the story left out the challenges and struggles he faced, and how they contradict the myth that racism recedes with time.
2 févr. 2018 · On March 21st 1946 Washington became their marquee signing: the first black player to sign an NFL contract in the postwar era. (Strode followed two months later.)
20 juin 2024 · Kenny Washington (born August 31, 1918, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died June 24, 1971, Los Angeles) 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.
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.
