Warren Moon, First Afro-American Quarterback Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Warren Moon will be enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday August 5, 2006.

When the 1976 Pro Football draft was about to happen, scouts were predetermining Warren Moon's professional football career. Their predetermination did not have Quarterback in the picture. Even after having a stellar college football background at the University of Washington and defeating the University of Michigan in the Rose Bowl, the aspect of Warren Moon as a Quarterback in the NFL was not in their sights. This was not new to Warren Moon, as he had to previously address this issue with colleges that desired to reassign him to another position. The question is why? The answer is that there had only been one other Afro-American quarterback in the NFL that had been successful.

Warren Moon had his sights on being a Professional Quarterback so he bypassed the NFL and played Professional Football in Canada instead. On August 5, 2006, Warren Moon would be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and would be the only football player to have been inducted into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. When Warren Moon turned to Canada so he could be a Professional Quarterback, he led his team to 5 Grey Cups in five consecutive years. He played in Canada for only 6 years and amassed over 1,300 completed passes with a little over 2,300 attempted passes and over 21,000 yards.