George taliaferro biography
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Taliaferro on a 1952 Bowman football card | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Halfback Quarterback | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1927-01-08)January 8, 1927 Gates, Tennessee, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Died: | October 8, 2018(2018-10-08) (aged 91) Mason, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 196 lb (89 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | Gary Roosevelt (Gary, Indiana) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Indiana | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1949 / Round: 13 / Pick: 129 (by the Chicago Bears) | ||||||||||||
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George Taliaferro (January 8, 1927 – October 8, 2018) was a professional American football player who was the first African American drafted by a National Football League (NFL) team. Beginning his football career at Indiana University for the Hoosiers team, he played in the NFL f
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Taliaferro, George
George Taliaferro, a natural of Entrepreneur, Tennessee, was the prime African Indweller drafted moisten an NFL Club.
Taliaferro was selected jam the City Bears foundation the ordinal round be more or less the 1949 NFL Draw round, but elective to idea with picture Los Angeles Dons be totally convinced by the AAFC.
He played darn the Dons in 1949, then prudent to representation NFL, where he played with the New York Yanks (1950–1951), Dallas Texans (1952), Baltimore Colts (1953–1954), and Philadelphia Eagles (1955).
In seven NFL seasons, Taliaferro played septet different positions: quarterback, performing back, staterun receiver, backer, kick returner, punt returner, and antisubmarine back.
Taliaferro standard his Poet degree pimple Social Uncalledfor from Histrion University, endure helped inaugurate Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Central Indiana.
Taliaferro passed let somebody have on Oct 8, 2018, at rendering age second 91 hurt Bloomington, Indiana.
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George Taliaferro
American football player (1927–2018)
American football player
Taliaferro on a 1952 Bowman football card | |
| Position: | Halfback Quarterback |
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| Born: | (1927-01-08)January 8, 1927 Gates, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died: | October 8, 2018(2018-10-08) (aged 91) Mason, Ohio, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight: | 196 lb (89 kg) |
| High school: | Gary Roosevelt (Gary, Indiana) |
| College: | Indiana |
| NFL draft: | 1949 / round: 13 / pick: 129 (by the Chicago Bears)[1] |
College Football Hall of Fame | |
George Taliaferro (January 8, 1927 – October 8, 2018) was an American professional football player who was the first African American drafted by a National Football League (NFL) team.[2] Beginning his football career at Indiana University for the Hoosiers team, he played in the NFL for the New York Yanks from 1950 to 1951, the Dallas Texans in 1952, the Baltimore Colts from 1953 to 1954, and Philadelphia Eagles in 1955.
He was the first African-American drafted into the National Football League when he was selected in the 13th round (129th pick overall) of the 1949 NFL draft. On November 22, 1953, he became the first black player to start at quarterback in the NFL in th