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.
Doug Williams will always be remembered and should never find himself out of the top 10 on a list like this. Williams was the first black quarterback to start a Super Bowl game, as well as the first to win a Super Bowl. Williams was also the first black quarterback to be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft.