Word: quarterbacked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only thing that bothers me is that when people see me play, they want to label me as a running quarterback," he says. "Everyone was saying before the year began that I couldn't throw the ball. In high school, I was a passing quarterback. I did your basic five-step drop...
...throw, he definitely has an arm," defensive back Anthony Smith says. "When the ball comes to me when we are throwing the ball around, it looks like it's not coming that fast. But when it reaches me, it's a bullet. He reminds me of [Chicago Bears quarterback] Jim McMahon...
Doubts about Blacks being intellectually capable of playing quarterback are just one of many stereotypes that Blacks have had to overcome. There has been a suspicion that whites on a football team might not listen to a Black in the huddle, McCluskey says...
...People did not believe that the other players on the team would respect a Black quarterback," says McCluskey. "Back when I played, there was the belief that Blacks lacked the ability to call plays, to make plays under pressure. A lot of it has to do with the culture...
...Glover, who lives in San Diego, Calif., there was never any problem with his playing quarterback...