🕯🇺🇸 Wally Triplett passed away Thursday at 92. First A-A drafted in NFL. Korean War veteran.
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Wally Triplett, 'one of the true trailblazers,' dies at age 92
Wally Triplett, one of the first African-Americans to be selected in the NFL draft, died Thursday at age 92. Triplett also was the first African-American starter at Penn State.
Triplett was selected in the 19th round of the 1949 draft by the Detroit Lions as a running back and returner. He was one of three black players drafted that year; of those three, he was the first to appear in a game.
Triplett's two years with the Lions and two years with the Cardinals bracketed two years of service in the Korean War with the 594th Field Artillery Battalion.
Triplett was born in La Mott, Pennsylvania, on April 18, 1926, and played football, basketball and baseball at Cheltenham High School. He is survived by three children, six grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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