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Bill Nunn Jr., a black sports reporter for The Pittsburgh Courier, could not sit in the press box at Forbes Field three years after Jackie Robinson started for the Brooklyn Dodgers. But on a May...
Aug 12, 2021 · But year after year, the people that make the decisions and vote who gets into the Hall of Fame consistently fumbled the ball, because when Bill Nunn Jr. was alive, he also did his job. It’s a shame that Mr. Nunn didn’t get the chance to unveil his own bust.
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Jackie Robinson. Muhammad Ali. Roberto Clemente. Joe Louis. As a journalist, Nunn covered them all. He always knew how to read, study and connect with athletes. After all, he was one himself. He was a basketball player at West Virginia State who had the opportunity to sign with the Harlem Globetrotters. But he would forgo a sports career to follow ...
Nunn scrutinized the prospect standing before him, deducing Brandon Hunt’s entire backstory within seconds. “Oh, here we go,” Nunn said, donning a white Starter Steelers tracksuit and yellow Oakley shades indoors. “Another reject coming to work for us.” It was the summer of 2005 and Hunt was just beginning his scouting internship with Pittsburgh. A...
They all assumed there would be more rides. More talks. More laughs. Nunn had walked the hallways of the Steelers facility for decades, befriending and advising generations of Rooneys, personnel scouts and players. For so long, he had been the guy behind the scenes. The gravelly voice in the back of the room. And no one could picture the building w...
Feb 17, 2021 · Bill Nunn Jr. was just elected to the Pro Football Hall-of-Fame's Class of 2021. So who was he? Keep reading.
Jul 31, 2021 · When I opened the door and came in, Bill jumped up and said, ‘Bill Nunn, Pittsburgh Steelers.'” Nunn wanted the mammoth Greene to know he was no ordinary intruder.
Feb 12, 2017 · The central figure in Conte’s book is the late Bill Nunn Jr., the scout who discovered black athletes who became key players in the Steelers’ Super Bowl years.
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Aug 27, 2020 · When news broke that Bill Nunn, Jr., a sportswriter and longtime pro talent scout for the Steelers, had been named a finalist to the 2021 NFL Hall of Fame, fans, players, the organization, and those of us who cover the team and organization as members of the media raised a unified, elated cheer.
