Super Bowl LVII would be the first to function two Black quarterbacks going through each other.
Patrick Mahomes, one in every of three African Americans to win the Super Bowl, will go in opposition to Jalen Hurts, and one will go house with the Lombardi Trophy.
Doug Williams grew to become the primary Black quarterback to win a hoop when he received Super Bowl XXVII with the Washington Redskins in 1988 over the Denver Broncos.
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 Super Bowl XXII at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego.
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The 67-year-old stated he obtained emotional when the Kansas City 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 large sport. “It’s so unlucky that everyone do not take a look at it that method. … It’s simple for any person to say, ‘Why you gotta carry coloration into it?’ if you happen to do not perceive what we as Black quarterbacks and Blacks as an entire have been by …
“It’s a giant deal. It’s a very huge deal.”
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes appears to go in the course of the first half of the AFC championship sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals Jan. 30, 2022, in Kansas City, 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 Super Bowl XLI.
“Things like that give me pleasure, give me cheer that make me suppose we made some steps. We have made just a few steps,” he stated, “however there’s a variety of steps we have not made.
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“There’s a variety of firsts once you speak about African Americans. You go all the way in which to Wilma Rudolph, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, Michael Jordan. You obtained so many Black individuals — ladies and men — which have executed one thing first that do not get the popularity. … We’re speaking about one thing that occurred in America that must 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 sport Jan. 21, 2023, in Philadelphia.
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Super Bowl LVII kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET Feb. 12
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