Marlin Briscoe, the first Black quarterback ever to be named a starter in the American Football League, died Monday at the age of 76.
According to his daughter Angela Marriott, Briscoe died of pneumonia at a hospital in Norwalk, California after he was hospitalized because of circulation issues in his legs.
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