Rommie Loudd

Released
Date of birth:08. 06. 1933
Date of death:09. 05. 1998
Age:64† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1970s
State:Florida
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years
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Rommie Loudd

Biography

Rommie Loudd was pro football's first Black owner (of the WFL's Florida Blazers), jailed in Orlando on drug and embezzlement charges under a bond he could not pay; The Black Panther Vol. 14 no.21 (1976) reports his lawyer and Black Sports magazine called it a racist plot to drive him out of the business.

Custody research — September 2026

His obituary reports three years served in the Florida cocaine case. The counter records that published duration, excluding a separate earlier Los Angeles jail term.

Case

Charges: Drug charges; embezzlement
Released: Oct 17, 1978
Sentence: Fourteen-year sentence; obituary reports three years actually served. Exact custody endpoints remain unresolved.
Convicted: Yes

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