Nate Newton, former Star-Telegram columnist Roger Brown go in Black Sports Hall of Fame
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Nate Newton, a three-time Super Bowl Champion guard with the Dallas Cowboys, was among 11 inductees into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame as part of a 2024 class that included the posthumous induction of former Star-Telegram sports columnist Roger B. Brown.
Other 2024 Class of Inductees include Jennifer Bell (basketball), Tamicha Jackson (basketball), Robert Pack Jr. (basketball), Retha Swindell (basketball), Bobby Brooks (football), Marvin Washington (football), Richard Bonner (golf), Fred Whitfield (rodeo) and Abron Young Jr. (coach).
Newton, a 2022 inductee into The Black College Football Hall of Fame, should merit consideration for the Cowboys’ Ring of Honor and the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
With six Pro Bowls on his résumé, Newton is the most decorated member of the Great Wall of Dallas, the offensive line that was the foundation of dynasty teams of the 1990s.
Hall of Fame guard Larry Allen is the greatest lineman in team history but he was only on 1995 title team.
Newton was part of transition from Tom Landry to Jimmy Johnson and a prominent figure in the franchise’s return to championship glory.
Brown, the first Black sportswriter at the Star-Telegram and the first Black sports columnist at a newspaper in Texas, died in 2020.
The Texas Black Sports Hall of was founded in 1996 and is housed at the African American Museum at Fair Park in Dallas.
