Jess Rodriguez

Jess Rodriguez
No. 20
Position:	Fullback / Halfback / Tailback
Personal information
Born:	August 7, 1901; Avilés, Asturias, Spain
Died:	October 12, 1983 (aged 82); Clarksburg, West Virginia
Height:	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight:	160 lb (73 kg)
Career information
College:	Salem
Career history
	Buffalo Bisons (1929);
Career highlights and awards
	First Hispanic-American NFL player;
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Jesse Rodriguez (August 7, 1901 – October 12, 1983) was a professional football player for the Buffalo Bisons of the National Football League. He played for the team during its final 1929 season. He was the first Hispanic-American to play in the NFL and the second person of Hispanic descent to play in the league. Prior to 1999, Rodriguez was considered to be the first Latino to play in the league; however it was later discovered that Cuban-American Lou Molinet played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in 1927 (but because Molinet was a Cuban citizen at the time, he was not technically a Hispanic-American). He is distinguished as being the first Spaniard to play in the National Football League.

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