Woody Strode, American football player, wrestler, and actor (born 1914)

Woody Strode

American athlete and actor (1914–1994)

Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode was an American athlete, actor, and author. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Football League (NFL) in the postwar era. After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he…