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Woody from the "Toy Story" movies has brought smiles to young faces for decades. SUBSCRIBE NOW 3 months/99¢ a month Show Search. Clear Search Query Submit Search. Read Today's Paper Monday ...
Woody Strode. Strode was born on July 25, 1914 in Los Angeles, California, where he attended UCLA. During college, he was a world-class decathlon athlete as well as a talented football player.
'The Harder They Fall' owes a tip of the hat to the pro footballer turned actor, who played the title role in one of the first mainstream films to plainly address racism.
Everyone should know Woody Strode. His resume as an athlete, a civil rights pioneer, an enlisted man in World War II and an actor in 90 Hollywood films is worth remembering -- and so was the man.
Canton native Marion Motley joins Bill Willis, Kenny Washington and Woody Strode — four men who broke the color barrier in pro football — in being selected to share the Pro Football Hall of ...
Kenny Washington and Woody Strode integrated the NFL with the L.A. Rams a year before Jackie Robinson joined baseball's Dodgers. Yet they've been consigned to the back of history's bus.
UCLA will honor former players Woody Strode and Kenny Washington before the kickoff of its game against Memphis on Saturday night.. Strode and Washington were two of four men, along with Marion ...
TCM DEDICATES Tuesday’s “Summer Under the Stars” schedule to Woody Strode, an athlete and actor who never became a Hollywood idol or household name.
Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley and Bill Willis were instrumental in integrating pro football, as chronicled in "The Forgotten First" ...
Actors Bryan King and Woody Strode worked to turn city boys into horsemen using the same training regiment used by the 10th Cavalry. A story in the June 13, 1966, Los Angeles Times reported: ...
Many know the story of Jackie Robinson ... he integrated Major League Baseball in 1947, but few know the names Kenny Washington and Woody Strode, Bill… ...
Hollywood Flashback: In 1960, Woody Strode Took on the West in John Ford’s ‘Sergeant Rutledge’ 'The Harder They Fall' owes a tip of the hat to the pro footballer turned actor, who played the ...