Jess Rodriguez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Ávila.
Jess Rodriguez
No. 20
PositionTailback
Personal information
BornAugust 7, 1901
Avilés, Asturias, Spain
DiedOctober 12, 1983(1983-10-12) (aged 82)
Clarksburg, West Virginia, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
High schoolVictory (Clarksburg, West Virginia, U.S.)
CollegeSalem
Career history
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Ángel Jesús Rodríguez Ávila[1][2] (August 7, 1901 – October 12, 1983), better known as Jess Rodriguez, was a Spanish-American professional American football player for the Buffalo Bisons of the National Football League (NFL). He and his brother, Kelly Rodriguez, are the first two Spaniards to have played in the NFL. It would only be them two until 2014 when Alejandro Villanueva played for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

He played for the Bisons during its final 1929 season.[3] He was the first Hispanic-American to play in the NFL and the second person of Hispanic descent to play in the league. Prior to 1999, Rodriguez was considered to be the first Latino to play in the league; however it was later discovered that Cuban-American Lou Molinet played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1927 (but because Molinet was a Cuban citizen at the time, he was technically not a Hispanic-American). He is distinguished as being the first Spaniard to play in the NFL.

References

  1. ^ Simple, Redacción CIBASS para Can It Be All So (November 27, 2014). "Los dos avilesinos que conquistaron la NFL". Can It Be All So Simple. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  2. ^ España, La Nueva (January 22, 2012). "Un "touchdown" pionero desde Miranda - La Nueva España - Diario Independiente de Asturias". www.lne.es. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Longoria, Mario. "Latin-Americans in Pro Football". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 26, 2017.


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