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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...
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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...
Baseball History Daily. Contact; Tag Archives: Bill Nunn Jr. Segregation and Spring Training, 1961 11 Apr.
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.
Dec 13, 2022 · In an interview with Bill Nunn Jr. of the Courier, Pittsburgh’s most prominent African American newspaper, Clemente predicted that the Pirates would win in six games.9 That was all fans got to hear from their favorite player before the Series began.
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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May 8, 2014 · PITTSBURGH (AP) – Long-time Pittsburgh Steelers scout Bill Nunn Jr. died Tuesday night of complications from a stroke. He was 89. Through 46 seasons in the NFL, Nunn was considered one of the premier scouts of the traditionally black colleges. In 2010, Nunn became part of the inaugural class of the Black College Football Hall … Continued
