The night before Nixon's victory over Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas, the candidate a great football fan spent the evening at Washington's south Los Angeles home playing music and trying to relax. Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Washington retired from the NFL following the 1948 season. In 1939 the running back played 580 of 600 minutes and led the nation in scoring. Ricky Lawson Vinnie Paul One of the many young hard-bop revivalists to have arrived on the scene in the late '70s and early 80s, Washington has been in particular demand by much older musicians, playing with such legendary veterans as Lee Konitz, Betty Carter, Johnny Griffin, Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, and Tommy Flanagan. Pete Ray Biggin Ralf Gustke Alex Acuna Eric Harland Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Eric Singer Email Address: k IMHO @gmail.com. People named Kenny Washington Jr. Find your friends on Facebook Bill Stewart However, for many years, Washington was ignored by the NFL and the story of professional football's postwar integration received little attention. As a baseball player, Washington was rated better than his teammate Jackie Robinson. Some scouts even viewed him a better player than his teammate Jackie Robinson. One reason is because for most of the 20th century, baseball was by far the top sport in the U.S., and another was that his NFL career was a short three years. Albert Tootie Heath Copyright 2000-2022 Sports Reference LLC. By this time Washington had suffered several knee injuries, and, after three modest seasons with the Rams, he retired in 1948. Gene Jackson Yoyoka Soma Kenny Jr. was on the winning team in the 1963 College World Series and made the All-Tournament outfield alongside Hector Barnetche and Craig Morrison.
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