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Ray Kemp

1907–2002

United States

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Raymond Howard Kemp (April 7, 1907 – March 26, 2002) was an American football player and a charter member of the Pittsburgh Pirates football team (now called the Pittsburgh Steelers). He was also the first African-American player in the team's history. In 1933, he was the only African-American on the team and only one of two black players in the entire National Football League (NFL).

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