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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Mann_%28American_football%29>
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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>
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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>
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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>