They claim to be of noble ancestry. a person of unknown ancestry. She claims to be able to trace her ancestry all the way back to the earliest settlers.
By RICHARD GOLDSTEIN. Joe Gilliam, who was one of the first blacks to be a starting pro quarterback when he played for the Pittsburgh Steelers' 1974 Super Bowl champions but who later slid into drug addiction and homelessness, died Monday in Nashville. He was 49.
As recently as 2007, the New York Giants had never had a black quarterback throw even a single pass. On the other hand, as far back as 1921, Frederick Douglass âFritzâ Pollard not only quarterbacked the Akron Pros, but was also the first black head coach in NFL history.