On this day in sports: March 21

1. 1946 The Los Angeles Rams signed Kenny Washington, making him the first African-American player in the National Football League since 1933. Source
2. 1946 The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933. Source
3. 1985 Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research. Source
4. 2014 Died: Bill Boedeker, American football player and soldier (born 1924) Source
5. 2015 Died: Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player (born 1925) Source
6. 2023 Died: Willis Reed, American basketball player (born 1942) Source

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