Ray Kemp
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About
Tackle for the first Pittsburgh Pirates football team who was the team's first African-American player, and only the second one to ever play in the NFL.
Before Fame
After playing football at Duquesne University he starred on Art Rooney's semi-professional J.P. Rooney team, which eventually became the Steelers.
Trivia
He lasted only one year in the league, and after him no other black player would make it onto an NFL team until 1946.
Family Life
He was born in Cecil, Pennsylvania, in the state's coal mining section, where his father moved to from Virginia.
Associated With
Like him, Art Shell, the first African American NFL coach, broke boundaries for equality in the NFL.
