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On January 31, 1988, he became the first black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl, and a few hours later, the first to win it, ironically wearing the Super Bowl ring of the last team in the league to integrate black players. [28] Williams threw for 340 yards and four touchdowns–Super Bowl records at the time–and was named Super Bowl MVP. Just eight Black quarterbacks have started in a Super Bowl, beginning with Washington's Doug Williams, who not only captured the Lombardi Trophy but also Super Bowl MVP after throwing for 320 Years before famously taking a knee during the national anthem, Colin Kaepernick led San Francisco to Super Bowl XLVII after becoming starting quarterback in the middle of the 2012-13 season. The It would be another 26 years before another starting Black quarterback won a Super Bowl game. In the title game following the 2013 season, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson dominated Super Bowl 48 against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos, leading his team to a 43-8 win to become the world champions. The 26-year-old QB completed The upstart Eagles star was right: Only seven other Black quarterbacks have taken the Super Bowl stage as starters since the big game's inception at the end of the 1966 season. Sports Black Quarterbacks Who've Played in the Super Bowl. Cam Newton was the sixth African-American quarterback to start in the Super Bowl. / Updated 7 PHOTOS Wilson was the first Black quarterback to appear in two Super Bowls. Heading into Super Bowl XLVIII the Seahawks were considered the underdogs facing the Broncos, led by the legendary, Peyton Manning. The emotion he felt was decades in the making — 35 long years since Williams became the first Black quarterback to start in, and win, a Super Bowl when he was under center for the Washington But the history of African American quarterbacks in the Super Bowl goes back 35 years, with the one and only Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback to both start and win in the championship game. In the National Football League’s (NFL) history, three Black quarterbacks have won the Super Bowl. In 1988, Doug Williams, who played for Washington, made history as the first Black QB to win the NFL’s biggest game. Decades later, Russell Wilson would lead the Seattle Seahawks to victory in 2014 and, most recently, Patrick Mahomes of Kansas City won 2019’s Super Bowl after a standout Such was the talent that five of the top seven quarterbacks this season were African American. The Year of The Black Quarterback ended with Kansas City’s dramatic 31-20 come-from-behind Super Bowl win over San Francisco. Fritz Pollard: the First Black Professional Football Quarterback and Coach Williams won Super Bowl MVP, becoming the first Black quarterback to win the award. “I know a lot of people wanted to make it about me,” Williams said. “Being Black and playing in the Super Bowl, that was great. But, for me, I just happened to be the quarterback of the Washington Redskins, who just happened to be Black. More than a third of NFL teams started a Black QB this past season—compared to just four in the 2018 season—and 7 of the last 11 Super Bowls have featured an African American quarterback. Patrick Mahomes captains the Kansas City Chiefs to their third Super Bowl in four years. (Photo courtesy of the Kansas City Chiefs) Warren Moon recognizes the success of African American quarterbacks in the NFL and encourages them to use their platforms to be leaders in their communities. (1:49) John Keim Jun 13, 2020, 07:10 AM ET Super Bowl LIV is the latest example of the shift. Fifteen of the last 16 Super Bowls have featured an AFC team led by Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, or Peyton Manning at the quarterback position. The following year, he became the first black quarterback to repeat as Super Bowl champion. Super Bowl LVII also marked the first time that both Super Bowl starting quarterbacks were black: Patrick Mahomes started for the Kansas City Chiefs, while Jalen Hurts started for the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles are the first team to have two Sunday’s Super Bowl in Glendale, Ariz., will be the first to feature two African American starting quarterbacks — Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs and Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia He became the second African-American quarterback ever to start and win a Super Bowl, and the first to be mainly received not as an aspirational or representative figure, but as a man who plays on It has been 25 years since Williams led the Washington Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXII, becoming the first African-American quarterback to win the ultimate football game. And surprisingly
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