ived ▁as ▁“ th re ats ”. ▁Finally , ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁R ams ▁broke ▁this ▁uno fficial ▁“ ag re ement ” ▁and ▁draft ed ▁Ken ny ▁Washington ▁along ▁with ▁Wo ody ▁St ro de ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁The ▁final ▁NFL ▁team ▁to ▁break ▁this ▁agreement ▁was ▁the ▁Washington ▁Red sk ins , ▁who ▁signed ▁Bobby ▁Mitchell ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁George ▁Tal ia fer ro , ▁the ▁first ▁African ▁American ▁who ▁played ▁in ▁the ▁NFL ▁died ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 9 1 . ▁While ▁George ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁African ▁American ▁draft ed ▁to ▁play ▁in ▁the ▁NFL , ▁the ▁first ▁African ▁American ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁draft ed ▁as ▁the ▁Qu arter back ▁until ▁ 1 9 5 3 , ▁when ▁Will ie ▁Th ro wer ▁was ▁draft ed ▁to ▁play ▁with ▁the ▁Chicago ▁B ears . ▁It ▁wouldn ' t ▁be ▁for ▁another ▁ 1 4 ▁years , ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁until ▁the ▁first ▁African ▁American , ▁E ml en ▁T unn ell , ▁would ▁be ▁elected ▁for ▁the ▁NFL ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame . ▁ ▁Professional ▁G olf ers ▁Association ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁the ▁" C au cas ians ▁only " ▁clause ▁was ▁struck ▁from ▁the ▁Professional ▁G olf ers ' ▁Association ▁of ▁America ▁constitution . ▁ ▁Through out ▁the ▁game ' s ▁history , ▁golf ▁has ▁not ▁included ▁many ▁African