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Marlin Briscoe, the AFL’s first Black starting quarterback, dies at 76

Marlin Briscoe, the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League, died Monday, June 27, 2022, at age 76. (Kent Sievers/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

Marlin Briscoe, who became the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League more than 50 years ago, died Monday.

His daughter, Angela Marriott, told The Associated Press that Briscoe, 76, died of pneumonia at a hospital in Norwalk, California. He had been hospitalized with circulation issues in his legs.

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