Back to Search
Start Over
Marlin Briscoe.
Marlin Briscoe.
- Source :
-
Sports Illustrated . 7/6/2015, Vol. 123 Issue 1, p64-68. 5p. 4 Color Photographs. - Publication Year :
- 2015
-
Abstract
- The article discusses Marlin Briscoe, the first black quarterback in start a professional football game in the National Football League (NFL). Topics include his signing with the Buffalo Bills as a receiver after being released from the Denver Broncos who selected him in the 1968 American Football League (AFL) draft, his two brief jail sentences for possession of cocaine which he was addicted to, and production of the 2016 motion picture "The Magician" which is based on his life.
- Subjects :
- *QUARTERBACKS (Football)
*AFRICAN American football players
*COCAINE abuse
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0038822X
- Volume :
- 123
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Sports Illustrated
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 103582872