Ozzie Simmons

American football player

1914 – 2001

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Who was Ozzie Simmons?

Oze E. "Ozzie" Simmons was a college football player for the University of Iowa. Simmons, nicknamed the "Ebony Eel", was one of the first black All-American football players in the 1930s.

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Born
Jun 6, 1914
Education
  • University of Iowa
Died
Sep 26, 2001

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on July 23, 2013

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