Marlin Briscoe is Assistant Project Manager at the Watts-Willowbrook Boys and Girls Club in Los Angeles. He says, "Upon graduating from SHS, I went to have a storybook career in professional football. However, there were some dark and turbulent times that followed those successes. It was the basics that I learned in South Omaha and SHS that helped get me through those storms that life brings." A nine-year career in the National Football League followed a stellar collegiate career at UNO. Mr. Briscoe became the first black quarterback in the NFL, at the time when it was believed that African-Americans couldn't lead a team on the field. Mr. Briscoe did what no one had done before. His performance on and off the field paved the way for future minority quarterbacks. As a rookie quarterback with the Denver Broncos, Mr. Briscoe set a NFL record by throwing 14 touchdown passes in 11 games. However, he never played quarterback again. After a year playing ball in Canada, Marlin returned to the NFL where he was named All-Pro with the Buffalo Bills and won two Superbowl rings with the 1973-74 Miami Dolphins. He now spends his life working with kids and teaching them the step-by-step persistence in life that has served him so well in his own life.

Marlin Briscoe is Assistant Project Manager at the Watts-Willowbrook Boys and Girls Club in Los Angeles. He says, "Upon graduating from SHS, I went to have a storybook career in professional football. However, there were some dark and turbulent times that followed those successes. It was the basics that I learned in South Omaha and SHS that helped get me through those storms that life brings." A nine-year career in the National Football League followed a stellar collegiate career at UNO. Mr. Briscoe became the first black quarterback in the NFL, at the time when it was believed that African-Americans couldn't lead a team on the field. Mr. Briscoe did what no one had done before. His performance on and off the field paved the way for future minority quarterbacks. As a rookie quarterback with the Denver Broncos, Mr. Briscoe set a NFL record by throwing 14 touchdown passes in 11 games. However, he never played quarterback again. After a year playing ball in Canada, Marlin returned to the NFL where he was named All-Pro with the Buffalo Bills and won two Superbowl rings with the 1973-74 Miami Dolphins. He now spends his life working with kids and teaching them the step-by-step persistence in life that has served him so well in his own life.