{"id":3668,"date":"2022-06-28T11:35:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2022-06-30T10:40:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:40:40","slug":"marlin-briscoe-ran-so-black-qbs-could-fly-and-now-he-can-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/marlin-briscoe-ran-so-black-qbs-could-fly-and-now-he-can-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlin Briscoe Ran So Black QBs Could Fly, And Now He Can Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe day we signed him we told him he would be given every opportunity to play quarterback,\u201d Denver Broncos coach Lou Saban said. \u201cHe would rise and fall only on his merits.\u201d <a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMerit\u201d was the myth that Marlin \u201cThe Magician\u201d Briscoe had to cut through. It was the word that supposedly explained why no Black man had started in modern prol football before Briscoe earned his start against the Cincinnati Bengals on October 6, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Briscoe knew what he faced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He knew that NFL teams had switched great black quarterbacks to other positions because white leadership didn\u2019t believe in a Black man&#8217;s ability to play quarterback. He knew that pro football teams consisted of white southerners that would refuse to follow Black leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But all that didn\u2019t bother Briscoe, because in his heart he believed \u201ca black man could play quarterback as well as any other position.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And why wouldn&#8217;t he?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was the best quarterback in Nebraska when he starred at Omaha South. And at Omaha University (now the University of Nebraska-Omaha), he was an NAIA All-American in 1967. Although small for a \u201ctypical\u201d pro quarterback, Briscoe was blessed with unbelievable athletic ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Gil Brandt, the Dallas Cowboys director of player personnel said, \u201cMarlin has the greatest quickness of any college quarterback we\u2019ve ever seen.\u201d He also added, \u201cHe\u2019s as good as any big time quarterback in college right now and just one heck of a football player.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"first-574730645\" class=\"first-content first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream2 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New Orleans Saints agreed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their scout said, \u201cHe\u2019s got the greatest arm I have ever seen on any quarterback\u2014college or pro. He\u2019s the only man I have ever seen who can run to his left and throw the ball right handed through the air with complete accuracy.\u201d<a id=\"_ftnref3\" href=\"#_ftn3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a> That ability was on full display in a game against the Buffalo Bills when the rookie threw for 335 yards and 4 TDs, including a 59-yard bomb where he rolled left and threw right hitting running back Floyd Little to set up a game winning field goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Briscoe also believed that pro sports were changing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cProfessional sports are becoming broad-minded,\u201d he said before the 1968 draft. \u201cThere are some coaches who are looking for talent, not at the color of skin. I definitely feel I can make it as a quarterback.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn4\" id=\"_ftnref4\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a><\/p><div id=\"first-1489625465\" class=\"first-content_2 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream3 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At first, the Denver Broncos weren\u2019t as convinced and selected him in the 14th round to play defensive back. The other Black quarterbacks that draft, Eldridge Dickey (1st round) and Jimmy Raye (16th round), were converted to receiver and defensive back, respectively. Dickey, who many thought would be the first starting Black quarterback, never received a fair shot from the Raiders. &nbsp;But in Denver, with starting quarterback Steve Tensi injured and ineffective to start the season, coach Lou Saban turned to the Magician.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGo change your uniform,\u201d he said, \u201cyou\u2019re going to play quarterback.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn5\" id=\"_ftnref5\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saban, who warned Marlin about the magnitude of the moment, didn\u2019t have to remind him. Marlin Briscoe knew what it was like being a black man playing quarterback. No matter how good you were, the world would put you in your place. Just ask that white lady sitting in section 306 hurling racial epithets at him as the Broncos battled Miami on October 27 in Denver. She couldn\u2019t stand the sight of a Black man playing quarterback.<a href=\"#_ftn6\" id=\"_ftnref6\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a> Thankfully, the cheers drowned out the racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was the game the Magician showcased one of his greatest talents; improv.<\/p><div id=\"first-3461859824\" class=\"first-content_3 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream4 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700414036595-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700414036595-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his team trailing 14-0 early in the 2nd half, his coach subbed in Briscoe looking to spark the team. Within 9 minutes, the game was tied at 14. He finished the game with two touchdowns, including the game-winner. On his first touchdown run, he took a called play that was supposed to be a rollout pass to his right, changed directions, and scrambled for a 12-yard touchdown, covering nearly 40 yards with his blazing 4.5 40 speed. Tied at 14, Briscoe led his team on a 75-yard drive, capped off by a quarterback sneak that caught the Dolphins off guard. That play was supposed to be a sweep to the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the game, fans started chanting \u201cWe want Marlin, We want Marlin.\u201d He earned AFL Player of the Week. That\u2019s Magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, however, that didn\u2019t matter. The Broncos and Lou Saban couldn\u2019t get past his color. Before the start of the 1969 season, they released him. No other team wanted him as a quarterback.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He knew why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked in 1973 about the lack of Black quarterbacks, he answered \u201cIt\u2019s definitely racism.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn7\" id=\"_ftnref7\"><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If he wanted a career in professional football, he had to play wide receiver. Despite never playing the position, he made himself into a top-notch receiver, earning a Pro Bowl nod with the Bills and two championships with the Dolphins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet The Magician couldn&#8217;t come up with a trick to break the spell of being a barrier breaker in a racist society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin Luther King Jr., once said of Jackie Robinson, \u201che was a sit-inner before the sit-ins. He was a freedom rider, before the freedom rides,\u201d for a reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Briscoe was thrust into the spotlight during a tumultuous 1968. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nation was reeling from the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, and the riots during the Democratic Convention in Chicago. While in Denver, as Briscoe broke barriers, the city was in the middle of a nasty school integration battle and hosted racist presidential candidate George Wallace. At the end of the football season, one outside observer complained, \u201cThe Denver area doesn&#8217;t have much use for Negroes. They don\u2019t deserve a man like Briscoe representing the Broncos.\u201d<a id=\"_ftnref8\" href=\"#_ftn8\"><sup>[8]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A decade later, Briscoe would become a drug addict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thankfully he got clean, but it was not lost on him that other early pioneers like Eldridge Dickey and Joe Gilliam struggled too. This is important to consider as we celebrate Briscoe\u2019s life and legacy. While players and teams heap praise on him for being a barrier breaker, they omit the fact that his role was tough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Briscoe knew he had the burden to bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black Americans had been waiting for this moment. As he noted just days before he first played quarterback for the Broncos, \u201cI realize it will be the first, just like Jackie Robinson going into baseball, I\u2019ll have to perform as well.\u201d<a id=\"_ftnref8\" href=\"#_ftn8\"><sup>[9]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s no magic potion for this type of pressure. He had to read defenses, elude defenders, and carry the hopes of his race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marlin Briscoe is dead now, but what he did in the fall of 1968 will live on forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Magician broke through the illusion that a black man couldn&#8217;t play quarterback in the pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that was what was most important to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeing the first gave me a lot of satisfaction, but not just for that reason,\u201d he said in 1968. \u201cMaybe there are great black quarterbacks coming out of college now who won&#8217;t get switched. It\u2019s nice knowing you helped.\u201d<a id=\"_ftnref9\" href=\"#_ftn9\"><sup>[10]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marlin Briscoe ran so other Black quarterbacks could fly, and now he gets to rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> \u201cBriscoe Blazes Trail for Black of Future,\u201d World-Herald, November 10, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a> \u201cBriscoe Blazes Trail for Black of Future,\u201d World-Herald, November 10, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" id=\"_ftn3\"><sup>[3]<\/sup><\/a> \u201cMarlin Briscoe Gains Award as State College Athlete of the Year,\u201d World-Herald, January 21, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" id=\"_ftn4\"><sup>[4]<\/sup><\/a> \u201cMarlin Briscoe Gains Award as State College Athlete of the Year,\u201d World-Herald, January 21, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" id=\"_ftn5\"><sup>[5]<\/sup><\/a> \u201cBriscoe Blazes Trail for Black of Future,\u201d World-Herald, November 10, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" id=\"_ftn6\"><sup>[6]<\/sup><\/a> \u201cMany Jokers Silenced,\u201d Denver Post, November 10, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_ftn7\" href=\"#_ftnref7\"><sup>[7]<\/sup><\/a> \u201cThe Blackout,\u201d Atlanta Constitution, February 21, 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_ftn8\" href=\"#_ftnref8\"><sup>[8]<\/sup><\/a>\u201cCould be Rough,\u201d Omaha World, December 16, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_ftn8\" href=\"#_ftnref8\"><sup>[9]<\/sup><\/a> \u201cBriscoe to Be AFL\u2019s First Negro QB?\u201d Denver Post, September 27, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"_ftn9\" href=\"#_ftnref9\"><sup>[10]<\/sup><\/a> \u201cBriscoe Blazes Trail for Black of Future,\u201d World-Herald, November 10, 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3463 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sportssocietysmalllogo.jpeg?resize=113%2C113&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sportssocietysmalllogo.jpeg?resize=150%2C149&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sportssocietysmalllogo.jpeg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sportssocietysmalllogo.jpeg?resize=696%2C691&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sportssocietysmalllogo.jpeg?resize=423%2C420&amp;ssl=1 423w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sportssocietysmalllogo.jpeg?w=758&amp;ssl=1 758w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 113px) 100vw, 113px\" \/><strong><em>This story is brought to you by First and Pen in collaboration with Vanderbilt Sports &amp; Society Initiative. <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>The Vanderbilt Sports &amp; Society Initiative was founded in 2018 by the late Vanderbilt Athletic Director David Williams to study the intersection of sports, race, gender, and politics. 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