Warren McVea, first Black player to get a football scholarship at a major Texas school, dies at 79 – Eagle-Tribune
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Updated: October 19, 2025 @ 10:35 pm
FILE – Warren McVea (6) Kansas City Chiefs running back is stopped on an end run by Dallas Cowboy Leroy Jordan (55) in the first quarter action in Dallas, Sept. 5, 1970.
FILE – Warren McVea (6) Kansas City Chiefs running back is stopped on an end run by Dallas Cowboy Leroy Jordan (55) in the first quarter action in Dallas, Sept. 5, 1970.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Warren McVea, the speedy running back who was the first Black player to receive a football scholarship to a major Texas school and later helped Kansas City win its first Super Bowl title, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 79.
McVea’s daughter, Tracey Ellis, said he died at home in Los Angeles surrounded by family members.
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