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per STrib:
Patrick Mahomes’ debut as Alex Smith’s successor in Kansas City couldn’t have gone much better last Sunday. He threw four touchdown passes, didn’t turn the ball over, posted a 127.5 passer rating, outplayed Philip Rivers, beat the AFC West-rival Chargers on the road and …
Was fortunate, as a black quarterback, to be born in 1995 and not 1955 or 1956, as black NFL pioneers Tony Dungy and Warren Moon were, respectively.
“It was a different time for African-American quarterbacks,” said Dungy, who was in the Twin Cities this weekend as part of the Ford Motor Company’s “Hometown Hall of Famers” ceremony at the University of Minnesota.
Dungy, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, presented his alma mater with a plaque on Friday. Thursday, he took some time to talk about being a black quarterback from 1973, when he started against Nebraska on his 18th birthday, to 1976, when he mistakenly assumed he would be given a chance to play quarterback in the NFL.
“I told somebody this story at the Super Bowl,” said Dungy, referring to Super Bowl XLI, when he became the first black coach to win the Lombardi Trophy.
“My senior year, we played out in Washington. Warren Moon quarterbacked the Huskies. I quarterbacked the Gophers. Warren led the PAC-8 in passing. I led the Big Ten in passing. Warren was the Most Valuable Player in the Rose Bowl after upsetting Michigan. He didn’t get drafted [in 1978] and ended up going to Canada. I didn’t get drafted [in 1977] and had to change positions.”
http://www.startribune.com/thankful...s-dramatically-for-patrick-mahomes/493387611/
Go Gophers!!
Patrick Mahomes’ debut as Alex Smith’s successor in Kansas City couldn’t have gone much better last Sunday. He threw four touchdown passes, didn’t turn the ball over, posted a 127.5 passer rating, outplayed Philip Rivers, beat the AFC West-rival Chargers on the road and …
Was fortunate, as a black quarterback, to be born in 1995 and not 1955 or 1956, as black NFL pioneers Tony Dungy and Warren Moon were, respectively.
“It was a different time for African-American quarterbacks,” said Dungy, who was in the Twin Cities this weekend as part of the Ford Motor Company’s “Hometown Hall of Famers” ceremony at the University of Minnesota.
Dungy, a Pro Football Hall of Famer, presented his alma mater with a plaque on Friday. Thursday, he took some time to talk about being a black quarterback from 1973, when he started against Nebraska on his 18th birthday, to 1976, when he mistakenly assumed he would be given a chance to play quarterback in the NFL.
“I told somebody this story at the Super Bowl,” said Dungy, referring to Super Bowl XLI, when he became the first black coach to win the Lombardi Trophy.
“My senior year, we played out in Washington. Warren Moon quarterbacked the Huskies. I quarterbacked the Gophers. Warren led the PAC-8 in passing. I led the Big Ten in passing. Warren was the Most Valuable Player in the Rose Bowl after upsetting Michigan. He didn’t get drafted [in 1978] and ended up going to Canada. I didn’t get drafted [in 1977] and had to change positions.”
http://www.startribune.com/thankful...s-dramatically-for-patrick-mahomes/493387611/
Go Gophers!!