Paul "Tank" Younger

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Paul Lawrence "Tank" Younger (June 25, 1928 – September 15, 2001) was an American professional football player who was a fullback, halfback, and linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) from 1949 through 1958 with the Los Angeles Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers. Younger played on four Rams teams that went to NFL championship games (winning in 1951); played in four NFL All-Star Games (Pro Bowls); and was first or second team All-Pro three times, first as a linebacker and later as a running back. He played college football for Grambling State University, leading all college football players with 25 touchdowns as a freshman in 1945, and graduated with the most touchdowns scored by a player in college football history (60), up to that time (1948). He was the first NFL player to have come from an historically black college and university (HBCU), and was the first African American to become an NFL front-office administrator (scout and executive with the Rams until 1975). Younger also became the NFL’s first black assistant general manager (with the San Diego Chargers from 1975 to 1986).

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