Difference between revisions of "Strode, Woody"
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Latest revision as of 10:03, 9 November 2017
Sons of Westwood: Bruin Legends
WOODY STRODE
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Played end in 1937,38,39.
- He, Kenny Washington, and Jackie Robinson played "minor league" football in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League as the NFL had developed and enforced a color barrier in 1934 and extended until 1946.
- He and Kenny Washington was the first two African Americans to play in NFL (Los Angeles Rams in 1946).
ACCOLADES
- Earned All-Coast honors in 1939.
- Inducted into UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame 1992.
