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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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Jan 26, 2021 · The origins of the Negro League All-Star Game date from 1933 when sportswriters Roy Sparrow of the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph and Bill Nunn of the Pittsburgh Courier championed the idea.
“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.
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 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…
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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. Nunn joined the Steelers...
