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May 7, 2014 · 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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May 21, 2014 · (Photo by Thomas Sabol) Bill Nunn Jr., a Steelers scout and pioneering Black journalist, died Tuesday, May 6 at age 89. His viewing was May 13, and he was buried Wednesday, May 14 from Grace Memorial Presbyterian Church.
“The tiny, gray-haired matron for years has been house mother for Negro members of the Milwaukee Braves baseball team. ‘I’ve treated them like my own sons,’ she said. “At Mrs. Gibson’s place, the Negro players have basic comfort and ‘eat high on the hog’ as the saying goes.
Aug 12, 2021 · But alas, as of Aug. 8, 2021, seven years after his death, we can officially say it—Bill Nunn Jr. is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. BILL NUNN was celebrated at the Pro Football Hall of Fame this past weekend, Aug. 5-8. A photo of his Hall of Fame bust is at right.
May 12, 2014 · Last week saw the passing of a Pittsburgh sports legend. When Bill Nunn, Jr. first started writing for the Pittsburgh Courier in the 1960's, he was not…
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
May 7, 2014 · Nunn, 89, who died from complications of a recent stroke, was the chief scout for the Steelers in the 1970s when they drafted the core of the teams that won four Super Bowls between 1974 and...
