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George Taliaferro, First Black Man Drafted by the NFL, Dies at 91
Trailblazer and trendsetter George Taliaferro, the first African-American player to be drafted by the NFL, died Monday. He was 91 years old. According to Bleacher Report: Taliaferro was drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1949, though he never played for the team as a week earlier he had signed with the Los Angeles Dons of…