Walter Achiu

American football player

1902 – 1989

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Who was Walter Achiu?

Walter Tin Kit Achiu was an American football player. He was a graduate of Saint Louis College in Honolulu, Hawaii. Achiu is most well known for being the first person of east Asian descent to play in the National Football League. He was one of the first people of a minority to play in any major American professional sports league, preceding Jackie Robinson's entry to Major League Baseball by twenty years. He was elected into the University of Dayton Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974.

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Born
Aug 3, 1902
Education
  • University of Dayton
Died
Mar 21, 1989

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on July 23, 2013

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