Tremendous Bowl LVII would be the first to characteristic two Black quarterbacks dealing with each other.
Patrick Mahomes, one among three African People to win the Tremendous Bowl, will go in opposition to Jalen Hurts, and one will go house with the Lombardi Trophy.
Doug Williams turned the primary Black quarterback to win a hoop when he received Tremendous Bowl XXVII with the Washington Redskins in 1988 over the Denver Broncos.
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Quarterback Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins stands on the sideline in the course of the third quarter of the Redskins’ 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos in Tremendous Bowl XXII at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego.
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The 67-year-old stated he acquired emotional when the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles clinched their spots in Glendale subsequent Sunday.
“When one thing like this occurs, you gotta get enthusiastic about it,” Williams stated of two Black quarterbacks reaching the massive recreation. “It is so unlucky that everyone do not take a look at it that approach. … It is simple for any person to say, ‘Why you gotta carry coloration into it?’ in case you do not perceive what we as Black quarterbacks and Blacks as a complete have been by means of …
“It is a massive deal. It is a actually massive deal.”
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes seems to be to go in the course of the first half of the AFC championship recreation in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals Jan. 30, 2022, in Kansas Metropolis, Mo.
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Williams stated he had “tears of pleasure in my eye,” a sense he had when Barack Obama was elected president and when Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith confronted off in Tremendous Bowl XLI.
“Issues like that give me pleasure, give me cheer that make me suppose we made some steps. Now we have made a number of steps,” he stated, “however there’s lots of steps we’ve not made.
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“There’s lots of firsts while you discuss African People. You go all the way in which to Wilma Rudolph, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Michael Jordan. You bought so many Black individuals — men and women — which have performed one thing first that do not get the popularity. … We’re speaking about one thing that occurred in America that needs to be celebrated on a regular basis.”
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts runs for a landing in opposition to the New York Giants in the course of the first half of an NFL divisional spherical playoff recreation Jan. 21, 2023, in Philadelphia.
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Tremendous Bowl LVII kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET Feb. 12
