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Fritz Pollard
American football player
1894 – 1986
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Who was Fritz Pollard?
Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard was the first African American head coach in the National Football League. Pollard along with Bobby Marshall were the first two African American players in the NFL in 1920. Sportswriter Walter Camp ranked Pollard as "one of the greatest runners these eyes have ever seen."
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- Born
- Jan 27, 1894
Chicago - Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Lane Technical College Prep High School
- Brown University
- Died
- May 11, 1986
Silver Spring
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on July 23, 2013
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