height_ft death_date birth_date pfr weight_lbs databasefootball death_place image_size image college name high_school playing_years coaching_years birth_place playing_teams coaching_teams position height_in article_title
6 26 march 2002 april 7 , 1907 kempra20 215 kempray01 ashtabula , ohio , united states 200px 1933 of ray kemp of the pittsburgh steelers.jpg duquesne ray kemp cecil high school 1932 1932 1933 1932 1934 1935-1942 , 1944 cecil , pennsylvania , united states j.p. rooneys erie pros pittsburgh pirates duquesne -lrb- assistant -rrb- bluefield lincoln tackle 1 ray kemp

ray kemp

raymond howard kemp -lrb- april 7 , 1907 -- march 26 , 2002 -rrb- was an american football player and a charter member of the pittsburgh pirates football team -lrb- now called the pittsburgh steelers -rrb- .
he was also the first african-american player in the team 's history .
in fact in 1933 , he was the only african-american on the team and only one of two black players in the entire national football league .
