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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.
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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...
Feb 26, 2021 · Nunn, whose wife, Frances, died in August shortly after the scouting icon was named a Hall finalist, will be represented for induction by his daughter, Lynell Nunn. His son, actor Bill Nunn...
- Jarrett Bell
- NFL Columnist
Former Pittsburgh Steelers executive Bill Nunn wasn’t just one of the first African-American scouts in NFL history. He was also one of pro football’s greatest innovators. Nunn wrote his annual Black College All-America team for the Pittsburgh Courier from 1950 until 1969.
Feb 7, 2021 · Taking the call: While Alan Faneca received his news in person, Lynell Nunn found out that her late father, Bill Nunn Jr., made it to the Hall of Fame in a different manner. She received the news via a Zoom call, one where they had to twist her arm a bit and maybe just stretch the truth to get her on there, but she eventually gave in.
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.
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Feb 12, 2017 · Photo by Linda Comins Speaking at the Ohio County Public Library, author Andrew Conte discusses scout Bill Nunn Jr.’s contributions to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ success in the 1970s....
