Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Weight: 160 lb (73 kg) | Name Jess Rodriguez | |
Position: Fullback / Halfback / Tailback Date of birth: August 7, 1901Aviles, Spain Date of death: October 12, 1983(1983-10-12) (aged 82) Place of death: | ||
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Jesse Rodriguez (August 7, 1901 – October 12, 1983) was a professional football player for the Buffalo Bisons of the National Football League. He played for the team during its final 1929 season. He was the first Hispanic-American to play in the NFL and the second person of Hispanic descent to play in the league. Prior to 1999, Rodriguez was considered to be the first Latino to play in the league; however it was later discovered that Cuban-American Lou Molinet played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1927 (but because Molinet was a Cuban citizen at the time, he was not technically a Hispanic-American). He is distinguished as being the first Spaniard to play in the National Football League.
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