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* Led team in [[Single-Season_Scoring_Leaders|scoring]] for 1938 (60 pts) and 1939 (30 pts). | * Led team in [[Single-Season_Scoring_Leaders|scoring]] for 1938 (60 pts) and 1939 (30 pts). | ||
*Led team in passing and rushing for three straight season. | *Led team in passing and rushing for three straight season. | ||
| − | * Led nation in total | + | * Led nation in total offense in '39 (1,370 yards). |
* He, [[Strode, Woody|Woody Strode]], and [[Robinson, Jackie|Jackie Robinson]] played "minor league" football in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Professional_Football_League#cite_ref-PCPFL:_1940-45_0-0 Pacific Coast Professional Football League] as the NFL had developed and enforced a color barrier in 1934 and extended until 1946. | * He, [[Strode, Woody|Woody Strode]], and [[Robinson, Jackie|Jackie Robinson]] played "minor league" football in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Professional_Football_League#cite_ref-PCPFL:_1940-45_0-0 Pacific Coast Professional Football League] as the NFL had developed and enforced a color barrier in 1934 and extended until 1946. | ||
*He and [[Strode, Woody|Woody Strode]] went on to be the first African Americans to play in NFL (Los Angeles Rams in 1946-48), while [[Robinson, Jackie|Robinson]] broke the color-barrier in baseball. | *He and [[Strode, Woody|Woody Strode]] went on to be the first African Americans to play in NFL (Los Angeles Rams in 1946-48), while [[Robinson, Jackie|Robinson]] broke the color-barrier in baseball. | ||
Revision as of 12:44, 16 April 2011
Sons of Westwood: Bruin Legends
KENNY WASHINGTON
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Played halfback from 1937-1939.
- Led team in scoring for 1938 (60 pts) and 1939 (30 pts).
- Led team in passing and rushing for three straight season.
- Led nation in total offense in '39 (1,370 yards).
- He, Woody Strode, 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 Woody Strode went on to be the first African Americans to play in NFL (Los Angeles Rams in 1946-48), while Robinson broke the color-barrier in baseball.
- Nickname: Kingfish
ACCOLADES
- Charter member of UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame (1984)
- Number 13 jersey was first to be retired.
- UCLA's first All-American in 1939.
- Team MVP in '37 and '39.
- Inducted to College Football HOF in 1956.
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