Duke Slater is one of the most popular and richest Football Player who was born on December 9, 1898 in Illinois, Illinois, United States. Ray Kemp was another African-Amercan trailblazing player in NFL.
He was born in Normal, Illinois, and moved to Iowa where his father George Slater became a Methodist minister.
He entered the NFL as the first black lineman, and stayed there for the next ten seasons, becoming one of the most decorated players of the Rock Island Independents.
