by Steve Love | Aug 14, 2021 | Blog
Akron Pros Photo Fritz Pollard (left) found protection on and off the field from his Akron Pros teammates NOTE: I am posting a serial about Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard, star of the Akron Pros and first Black coach in the NFL. This is Part 9 of 13. Prior...
by Steve Love | Aug 13, 2021 | Blog
Screen Shot from Twitter NOTE: I am posting a serial about Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard, star of the Akron Pros and first Black coach in the NFL. This is Part 7 of 13. Prior posts may be read by visiting my my website blog at...
by Steve Love | Aug 12, 2021 | Blog
Photo provided by library.brown.edu Brown University 1916 captain Mark Farnum leads Fritz Pollard (circled) toward Harvard goal line NOTE: I am posting a serial about Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard, star of the Akron Pros and first Black coach in the NFL....
by Steve Love | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog
tournamentofroses.com Photo The 1915 Brown University team led by Fritz Pollard received a surprise Rose Bowl invite NOTE: I am posting a serial about Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard, star of the Akron Pros and first Black coach in the NFL. This...
by Steve Love | Aug 10, 2021 | Blog
Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash When Fritz Pollard became Brown University’s greatest player, he sometimes felt as if he were all alone NOTE: I am posting a serial concerning Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard, star of the Akron Pros and first Black...