1. Rommie Lee Loudd was an American collegiate and professional football player, coach, and executive.
14 Facts About Rommie Loudd
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Rommie Loudd was the first black assistant coach in the American Football League and the first black majority owner of a major league sports team.
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Rommie Loudd played college football for the UCLA Bruins, earning first-team All-American honors in 1955.
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Rommie Loudd was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the 26th round of the 1956 NFL draft, but instead signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League.
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Rommie Loudd was released by the Chargers after one season and signed with the AFL' Boston Patriots.
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Rommie Loudd was the defensive coach of the Boston Sweepers of the Atlantic Coast Football League for two seasons before becoming the linebackers coach for the Boston Patriots and the first African-American coach in the history of the AFL.
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In 1973, Rommie Loudd led a bid to get a National Football League franchise in Orlando, Florida.
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In 1974, Rommie Loudd became the owner of the Florida Blazers of the World Football League.
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Rommie Loudd was the first black top executive in major league sports.
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Rommie Loudd was found guilty on two charges of child molestation and sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation.
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On December 23,1974, Rommie Loudd was arrested on charges of embezzling state sales tax money.
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Rommie Loudd was sentenced to two concurrent fourteen-year sentences for conviction on two counts of delivering cocaine.
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Rommie Loudd was sentenced to two years in prison for possession and distribution of cocaine.
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Rommie Loudd died on May 9,1998, in Miami, Florida, aged 64, of complications from diabetes.