CONTINENTAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1965-1969 MINORITY COACHES As mentioned earlier in an over view of the long history of racial discrimination in pro football, below, I have taken the time to list all the minority coaches that were on staffs of the coaches in the Continental Football League.
Equal opportunity was not just for the players, but also for coaches.
Duane Allen, Assistant layer-Coach, became mid-season, playing HEAD COACH, 1968 Las Vegas Cowboys Clarion ( Monk ) Bailey, II, Assistant Player-Coach, 1969 New Jersey Jays Robert Cortez, Assistant Player-Coach 1969 West Texas Rufneks Samuel David Fernandez, Assistant Player Coach, 1965 Charleston Rockets Assistant Player Coach, 1966 Charleston Rockets Player Head Coach, 1967 Charleston Rockets Assistant Player Coach, 1968 Charleston Rockets Assistant Player Coach, 1969 Ohio Valley Ironbmen MIllard Fleming, Assistant Player-Coach, 1969 Indianapolis Capitols Ronald Fowlkes, Assist Player-Coach, 1968 Orange County Ramblers Proverb Jacobs, Assistant Coach, 1967 San Jose Apaches Robert McAdams, Assistant Player-Coach, 1966 Orlando Panthers Charles Oslo, Assistant Player Coach, 1968 Arkansas Diamonds Frederick Robinson, Assistant Player Coach, 1965 Toronto Rifles 1966 Toronto Rifles Carver Shannon, Assist Coach, 1967 Long Beach Admirals Herbert Trawick, Assistant Coach, 1966 Montreal Beavers Robert Tubbs, Assistant Player-Coach, 1968 Ohio Valley Ironmen 1969 Ohio Valley Ironmen
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