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1. andscape.com › features › pittsburgh-steelers-billThe late Bill Nunn: a trailblazer, an icon, a scouting savant

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   Sep 14, 2020 · Within minutes of answering the phone, Wooten, a former NFL offensive lineman-turned-NFL-scout and executive, recounts that fateful day in 1974 when he, and the rest of the scouting community, were bested by his buddy, Bill Nunn Jr.

2. newpittsburghcourier.com › 2021/08/12 › seven-yearsSeven years after his passing, Steelers scout finally crosses ...

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   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.

3. talkoffametwo.com › nfl › bill-nunn-and-hall-of-fameThe legacy of Bill Nunn Jr.: "Without him, the Steelers don't ...

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   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. Clark Judge. Updated: Feb 17, 2021 2:43 PM EST. Original: Feb 17, 2021. Bill Nunn photo courtesy of Pittsburgh Steelers.

4. archive.triblive.com › news › unassuming-bill-nunnUnassuming Bill Nunn, pioneering black journalist and ...

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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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5. baseballhistorydaily.com › tag › bill-nunn-jrBill Nunn Jr – Baseball History Daily

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   Baseball History Daily. Contact; Tag Archives: Bill Nunn Jr. Segregation and Spring Training, 1961 11 Apr.

6. www.nytimes.com › 2021/08/05 › sportsBill Nunn’s Scouting Opened an N.F.L. Pipeline

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   Aug 5, 2021 · Nunn, who died in 2014 at 89, became the first Black scout and front office executive in the N.F.L. when the Pittsburgh Steelers hired him in 1967 to help recruit players from historically Black...

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   How did Bill Nunn die?

   • Two weeks later, on May 6, 2014, Nunn died of complications from a stroke. He was 89. At Grace Memorial Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, members of the Steelers organization said a final farewell to their friend, their mentor, their legend. Bill Nunn Jr. The “super scout.” The dynasty builder. “His life should be a movie,” said Whaley.

   The late Bill Nunn: a trailblazer, an icon, a scouting savant

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   Who is Bill Nunn?

   • Bill Nunn, Jr., a sportswriter, managing editor of the Pittsburgh Courier and a scout for the Pittsburgh Steelers, poses with his plaque after his enshrinement into the first class of the Black College Football Hall of Fame on Feb. 20, 2010, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Atlanta. They all assumed there would be more rides. More talks. More laughs.

   The late Bill Nunn: a trailblazer, an icon, a scouting savant

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   How did Bill Nunn make the Steelers a dynasty?

   • Nunn helped turned the Steelers into a dynasty by welcoming players from historically Black colleges. As he is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame the league still searches for paths to diversity. Bill Nunn helped turn a moribund Steelers franchise into a dynasty in the 1970s, when they won four Super Bowls. Pro Football Hall of Fame

   Bill Nunn’s Scouting Opened an N.F.L. Pipeline

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   Did Bill Nunn ever send a copy of John Stallworth?

   • “Bill Nunn goes into Alabama A&M and he takes all the film on John Stallworth and he tells the coach, ‘I’m going to copy the film and send it to the other scouts,’ ” said Wooten, retelling the most infamous Nunn tale of all. “And to this day, he has never sent us a copy of any of those tapes. To this day.”

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8. www.sportingnews.com › us › nflBill Nunn, scout who helped build Steelers' 1970s dynasty ...

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   May 7, 2014 · Two days before what would have been his 46th draft with the Steelers, pioneering scout and journalist Bill Nunn Jr. died from complications of a stroke.