They have disposed of nearly all of George Preston Marshall’s legacy of bigotry in Washington, having finally dragged away the memorial statue outside RFK Stadium.
What will they do with it? His hometown, Grafton, West Virginia, doesn’t want it. Maybe they could dump it in the middle of the Potomac River from the soon-to-be-formerly-called Woodrow Wilson bridge.
The founder and former owner of the Washington Redskins who had to be strong-armed into integrating his team has also been, for the most part, wiped clean from Ghost Town Field.
The team announced the George Preston Marshall lower level of the stadium has been renamed for the late Bobby Mitchell, the Black running back who would be Marshall’s choice to lead his franchise into the 20th century, 100 years after the Civil War was fought.