Irv Cross, NFL player, pioneer Black analyst, dies at 81

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Irv Cross, the former NFL defensive back who became the first Black man to work full-time as a sports analyst on national television, died Sunday. He was 81. The Philadelphia Eagles, the team Cross spent his six of his nine NFL seasons with, said Cross' son, Matthew, ...

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