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Black Quarterbacks Are Underpaid
by Zubin Jelveh
Feb 19, 2008
Feb 19, 2008
On October 8, 1953, the appropriately named Willie Thrower became the first black quarterback in the National Football League, completing three of eight passes for 27 yards for the Chicago Bears. It would be the only game he ever played as quarterback.
It took 15 years for the next black man to line up behind the center and almost half-a-century after Willie Thrower before black QBs became a fixture in the league. Prior to the 1980's only four black quarterbacks had seasons in which they attempted 100 or more passes. That number ticked higher to five in the 80's and surged to 13 in the 90's.
Now, as that figure stands at 22 this decade through the end of the 2006 -- representing about 28 percent of QB population -- how do black QBs compare with their white counterparts?
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