These guys, what they’re doing now, he was doing that in the 50’s,” explained Willie’s son Melvin. In the late 1940’s, Thrower played high school football in New Kensington, Pennsylvania.

The winner will be announced on April 6, during a luncheon at Knead Community Cafe in New Kensington. The award is named for Willie Thrower, a New Kensington native who was the first black ...