Woody Strode

Last updated: April 28, 2014

Woody Strode was part black and part Native American, and embraced both roots stronly..
Woody Strode played College Football player for the UCLA Bruins before becoming a professional wrestler..
Woody Strode played pro-football for the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams (1946) and the Calgary Stampeders of the CFL..
Woody Strode gained fame wrestling in California..
Woody Strode went on to appear in 75 films often as African Warriors or Native American tribesman..
Woody Strode appeared in The Outlaw Josey Wales, Spartacus, The Ten Commandments, Sergeant Rutledge and others..
1971: Woody Strode played the lead role in a film called Black Jesus as well..
1992: Woody Strode was inducted into UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame..
December 31, 1994: Woody Strode passed away at the age of 80 as a result of lung cancer..