Who was the first black quarterback to start in the Super Bowl?

Doug Williams was first to start and win the Super Bowl

Joe Gilliam as a backup for the Steelers. The first black QB to start and win a Super Bowl was Doug Williams. ...

Doug Williams was the first to start and win.

Willie Thrower first to play. Marlin Briscoe the first to start.

The first black quarterback who played for the Crimson Tide was Walter Lewis. He played for Alabama during the 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1983 football seasons. ...

Marlin Briscoe for the Denver Broncos in 1968

Don Gaffney -- October 3, 1973. He lead UF to a win AT Auburn. Not only was he the first black QB to start a game at UF, but he was the first to start in the SEC! A Great Gator! ...

Tom Brady of the New England Patriots in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, and 2012

Frederick "Fritz" Pollard is generally credited as the first black quarterback in professional football. He is also the first black football player to play in the Rose Bowl (1918). In 1923, playing for Hammond in the American Professional Football Association (The APFA was the forefather of the NFL) he called plays and took direct snaps from the center, although forward passes were rare in those early days of professional football. In 1953, Willie Thrower became the first black quarterback in the NFL's modern...

John Elway at 38 years of age.

No rookie quarterback has ever started in a Super Bowl game.

John Elway has 2 Super Bowl Rings. He is the only quarterback to start in 5 Super Bowls. ...

Craig Morton of the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII against the Dallas Cowboys. Morton started Super Bowl V for the Cowboys against the Baltimore Colts. ...

Ricky Wesson. Wesson was the first African American to start at QB for SMU on October 27, 1973 against Texas Tech. ...

Terry Bradshaw was the starting and winning quarterback in four Super Bowls (IX, X, XIII and XIV). ...

Craig Morton. Morton started Super Bowl V for the Dallas Cowboys who lost to the Baltimore Colts and Super Bowl XII for the Denver Broncos who lost to the Dallas Cowboys. ...

The Cowboys quarterback started three Super Bowls in four seasons (Super Bowls XXVII, XXXVIII and XXX) and won all three. ...

Doug Williams led the Washington Redskins to a 42-10 victory over the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XXII. He was also named the game's Most Valuable Player. ...

First black quarterback to start in AFL: Marlin Briscoe First black quarterback to start in NFL: James Harris The first black quarterback to start an AFL professional football game was Marlin Briscoe. Briscoe started a game for the Denver Broncos in the American Football League (AFL). This was a full 2 years before the league merged with the NFL. James Harris was the first starting black quarterback in the NFL. He started 2 games for the Buffalo Bills in 1971, after the Bills entered the...

Ben Roethlisberger will start for the Pittsburgh Steelers; Aaron Rodgers will be the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. ...

Yes, Washington Redskins quarterback Doug Willams became the first African American to start and win a Super Bowl. Super Bowl XXII Washington Redskins - 42 (Doug Williams, Grambling State) Denver Broncos - 10 (John Elway, Stanford) Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA Date: 1/31/1988 MVP: Doug Williams, QB, Washington Head Coaches: WAS - Joe Gibbs DEN - Dan Reeves ...

The most recent black quarterback to start for the Steelers was Charlie Batch. He started on October 3, 2010 against the Baltimore Ravens. The Steelers lost 17-14. They were without Ben Roethlisberger due to a suspension and Dennis Dixon due to injury. ...

To my knowledge there have been 4. Doug Williams of the Washington Redskins who was the first and to date the only black quarterback to start and win a Superbowl, Kordell Stewart played (for one play as a wide receiver/backup QB) but did not start for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Superbowl XXX. He had 3 yard 4th down run which netted a first down. Steve Mcnair with the Tenessee Titans, Donovan Mcnabb of the Philadelphia Eagles, and Colin Kaepernick of the San...

As of Super Bowl XLV: Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins was the youngest to start a Super Bowl. He was 23 years, 4 months, 5 days old when he started for the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl XIX. The youngest to start and win a Super Bowl was Ben Roethlisberger. He was 23 years, 11 months, and 3 days old when he started for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XL. ...

Quarterback Donovan McNabb is the Eagle's longest starting quarterback. McNabb started 158 games for the Eagles. His first start for the Eagles was in November of 1999. He was the starter until January 9, 2010. ...