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Norris R. Stevenson (October 27, 1939 – March 3, 2012) was an American gridiron football player. He played college football for the MU Missouri Tigers as the first African-American to receive a football scholarship from Mizzou. He was picked in 1961 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys, but spent the season on the team's reserve list. He went on to play for the Edmonton Eskimos and the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League. Stevenson died of colon cancer on March 3, 2012. He was 72.

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  • Norris Stevenson
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  • Norris R. Stevenson (October 27, 1939 – March 3, 2012) was an American gridiron football player. He played college football for the MU Missouri Tigers as the first African-American to receive a football scholarship from Mizzou. He was picked in 1961 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys, but spent the season on the team's reserve list. He went on to play for the Edmonton Eskimos and the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League. Stevenson died of colon cancer on March 3, 2012. He was 72.
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Birth Date
  • 1939-10-27(xsd:date)
NFLDraftedPick
  • 142(xsd:integer)
death place
Name
  • Norris Stevenson
  • Stevenson, Norris
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  • 11(xsd:integer)
Height in
  • 11(xsd:integer)
Date of Death
  • 2012-03-03(xsd:date)
Weight lbs
  • 190(xsd:integer)
NFLDraftedYear
  • 1961(xsd:integer)
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  • yes
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death date
  • 2012-03-03(xsd:date)
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Place of death
  • St. Louis, Missouri
playing years
  • 1961(xsd:integer)
  • -
Height ft
  • 5(xsd:integer)
Position
  • Running back
Short Description
  • Player of American and Canadian football
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  • Norris R. Stevenson (October 27, 1939 – March 3, 2012) was an American gridiron football player. He played college football for the MU Missouri Tigers as the first African-American to receive a football scholarship from Mizzou. He was picked in 1961 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys, but spent the season on the team's reserve list. He went on to play for the Edmonton Eskimos and the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League. Stevenson died of colon cancer on March 3, 2012. He was 72.
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