Walter Achiu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American football player
Date of Birth: 03-Aug-1902
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Date of Death: 21-Mar-1989
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Walter Achiu
- Walter Tin Kit ("Sneeze") Achiu (Simplified Chinese: ???) (August 3, 1902 – March 21, 1989) was an American football player.
- He was a graduate of The Kamehameha Schools and Saint Louis College (now Saint Louis School) in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Achiu is most well known for being the first person of east Asian descent to play in the National Football League.
- He was one of the first people of a minority to play in any major American professional sports league, preceding Jackie Robinson's entry to Major League Baseball by twenty years.
- He was elected into the University of Dayton Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974.
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