MattiesDad Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Neither Ernie Davis nor Bobby Mitchell were the first African American Redskins. Name the first African American to officially sign a contract with the team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadKarma Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I know Davis refused to play for GP Marshall and was traded for Mitchell who then became the first African American to play for the Skins. Interested in hearing your answer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimm Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 I'm guessing either Leroy Jackson or John Nisby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDSKINZ-RIDEORDIE Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Dam, I couldve sworn it was Ernie Davis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattiesDad Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 Nisby is close, but Ron Hatcher out of Michigan State was the first to sign a contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21Knock_U_Out Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Nisby is close, but Ron Hatcher out of Michigan State was the first to sign a contract. Sweet............. now what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiyadukes Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Interesting trivia but not a good thread. Nothing left to say about this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadKarma Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Good bit of trivia but very debatable, people can make up their own opinions but Mitchell was traded from Cleveland and under contract before Hatcher signed with the Skins in 62. Here's Mitch's interview with the Post in 2005 in case anyone is interested. Bobby Mitchell: Interestingly, everyone keeps asking the question and I have answered it many times in the past when people talk about the first black player with the Redskins, and they get it all mixed up. There's a difference between the first black to sign, the first black to play and the first to catch all the hell. The reason I say that is that it is true that Ron Hatcher signed his contract with the Redskins before I signed my new contract with the Redskins. My contract with the Cleveland Browns had already been sent and accepted by George Preston Marshall, making me a Washington Redskin. I had not signed a new contract. Ron Hatcher was drafted out of Michigan State, and Bill McPeak signed Ron Hatcher to a new contract, so there's always been the question of whose the first black player. Well, I played, Hatcher didn't. I caught all the hell, Hatcher didn't. So most people consider me the first black player. If Ron Hatcher had played more football for the Redskins, then I am sure more people would have been aware of exactly where he fit in the scheme of things. W.Post.July.2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Tater Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Well, if the question is who was the first SIGNED, you'd have to go back a little further than 1962. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattiesDad Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 According to the historical literature it is Hatcher. http://espn.go.com/page2/wash/s/2002/0305/1346021.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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