Woody Strode
Also known as Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode
American athlete and actor (1914–1994)
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Military career Branch United States Army Air Corps
Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994) 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 was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Spartacus in 1960.
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1914 births1994 deaths20th-century African-American male actors20th-century African-American sportsmen20th-century American male actors20th-century American sportsmenAfrican-American professional wrestlersAfrican Americans in World War IIAfrican-American track and field athletesAfrican-American United States Army personnelAmerican football ends