Woody Strode

Woody Strode
Strode in The Italian Connection (1972)
Born	Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (1914-07-25)July 25, 1914 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	December 31, 1994(1994-12-31) (aged 80) Glendora, California, U.S.
Alma mater	UCLA
Occupations	Actor football player author
Years active	1941–1994
Spouses	Luukialuana Kalaeloa ​ ​ (died 1980)​ Tina Tompson ​ (m. 1982)​
Children	2, including Kalai
American football player American football career
No. 39
Position:	Offensive end
Personal information
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school:	Thomas Jefferson (CA)
College:	UCLA
Career history
Hollywood Bears (1940–1942) Los Angeles Rams (1946) Calgary Stampeders (1948–1949)
Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1948) 2× CFL West All-Star (1948, 1949) First-team All-PCC (1939) Second-team All-PCC (1937)
Career NFL statistics
Games played: 10 Receptions: 4 Receiving yards: 37
Player stats at PFR
Military career
Service/branch	United States Army Air Corps

Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 – December 31, 1994) was an American athlete, actor, and author. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Football League (NFL) in the postwar era. After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Spartacus in 1960. Strode also served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.^[1]