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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...
- Andrew Conte
“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.
Bill Nunn Jr, Chicago Cubs baseball player Ernie Banks, Milwaukee Braves player Hank Aaron, and Mal Goode, examining baseball bat on Forbes Field for 1959 All Star game, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,... Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
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.
Jul 31, 2021 · Nunn, who died in 2014, was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this year as a contributor, the first African American scout to be inducted. He was more than a scout for the Steelers, though.
May 7, 2014 · PITTSBURGH -- Bill Nunn, a key figure in the Pittsburgh Steelers' transformation from perennial also-rans to world champions, died Tuesday night of complications from a stroke.
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