The complete list of state records below shows that the Plains states, far away from the ocean, can be hotter than the humid Southeast. The USA's highest temperature, 134Â° on July 10, 1913 in Death Valley, Calif., is also the official highest temperature in the Western Hemisphere. Ordinary summer heat makes much of the Southwest, including Death Valley, sizzle from June through August.
A year earlier, Pollard and Bobby Marshall were the first two black players in professional football history and helped the Pros win the championship in the NFLâs inaugural season. The Pros ran the single-wing, and Pollard was the player lined up behind the center who received the snaps.
Doug Williams will always be remembered and should never find himself out of the top 10 on a list like this. Williams was the first black quarterback to start a Super Bowl game, as well as the first to win a Super Bowl. Williams was also the first black quarterback to be drafted in the first round of the NFL draft.