Bill Nunn, a scout for the Pittsburgh Steelers whose deep knowledge of football programs at historically black colleges helped many overlooked players find their way to the Steelers and to stardom as part of the team’s dynasty in the 1970s, died on Tuesday in Pittsburgh. He was 89.
The cause was complications of a stroke, his daughter, Lynell Nunn, said.
Before joining the Steelers, Nunn had been sports editor at The Pittsburgh Courier, an African-American newspaper that gave extensive coverage to sports at black colleges. Beginning in 1950, the paper named a black college all-American football team and held an annual awards ceremony.
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