Bob Mann (April 8, 1924 – October 21, 2006) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) who broke the color barrier for both the Detroit Lions (alongside Mel Groomes) and the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at Hampton Institute in 1942 and 1943 and at the University of Michigan in 1944, 1946 and 1947. Playing the end position, he broke the Big Ten Conference record for receiving yards in 1946 and 1947. In 1948 Mann signed a professional contract with the Lions, where he stayed for two seasons. He led the NFL in receiving yards in 1949. After a brief stint with the New York Yanks he signed with the Packers, where he was the team's leading receiver in 1951. He remained with the Packers partway through the 1954 season. Mann later became a lawyer and practiced in Detroit. He was inducted into the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1904:
France and the United Kingdom signed the Entente Cordiale, agreeing to a peaceful coexistence after centuries of intermittent conflict. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entente_Cordiale
1911:
American cartoonist Winsor McCay released the silent short film Little Nemo (featured), one of the earliest animated films. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Nemo_%281911_film%29
1933:
The Australian state of Western Australia voted to secede from the federation, but efforts to implement the result proved to be unsuccessful. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933_Western_Australian_secession_referendum
1973:
The Progress Party was founded in a movie theater in Oslo, Norway. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Party_%28Norway%29
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
sequela: 1. (pathology) Chiefly in the plural: a condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one, being either partly or wholly caused by it, or made possible by it. 2. (by extension, formal) 3. That which follows; a consequence, an effect. 4. (rare) People who adhere to the opinions or teachings of another; followers. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sequela
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
You and me on the bobbing knee. Didn't we cry at that old mythology he'd read! I will come home again, but not until The sun and the moon meet on yon hill. --Kate Bush https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kate_Bush