Roman Gabriel
Biography
Roman Ildonzo Gabriel Jr., born August 5, 1940, in Wilmington, North Carolina, was a trailblazing American football quarterback who made history as the first Filipino-American to play in the NFL. He earned All-American honors twice at NC State University and was the second overall pick in the 1962 NFL draft. Gabriel won the NFL MVP award in 1969, becoming the league's first Asian American MVP.