Washington, Kenny

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 1937 and 1939.
• Inducted to College Football HOF in 1956.