Aquilino Fabriciano Rodríguez Ávila (August 9, 1907 – October 22, 1997), better known as Kelly Rodriguez, was a

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professional

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player in the

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(NFL). He played as a

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for the

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and

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in the 1930 season. He and his brother

Jess Rodriguez Ángel Jesús Rodríguez Ávila (August 7, 1901 – October 12, 1983), better known as Jess Rodriguez, was a Spanish-American professional American football player for the Buffalo Bisons of the National Football League (NFL). He and his broth ...

were the first people from Spain to play in the NFL, and the second and third people of Hispanic descent to do so after

Ignacio Molinet Ignacio Saturnino "Lou" Molinet (November 30, 1904 – August 27, 1976) was a Cuba, Cuban-born professional American football player who played in the National Football League for the Frankford Yellow Jackets during the 1927 Frankford Yellow Jack ...

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