Question: What Texas-born wide receiver was the first NFL player to perform an end zone dance after scoring a touchdown?
Answer: Elmo Wright. Born in 1949 in Brazoria, he won two state championships with Carver High School in Sweeny and set several records playing for the University of Houston before being drafted 16th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in 1971. During a Monday Night Football matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers on October 18 of that year, he performed the league’s first end zone dance after scoring a touchdown.
Wright would play for the Houston Oilers and New England Patriots before retiring in 1975. He worked for Harris County for many years and earned his MBA in 1985. His No. 23 was retired by the Houston Cougars, and he has been inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.
