Fritz Pollard, A Serial, Part 5: Can’t Outrun Racism

Fritz Pollard, A Serial, Part 5: Can’t Outrun Racism

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...
Fritz Pollard, A Serial, Part 4: A Black Back at Brown

Fritz Pollard, A Serial, Part 4: A Black Back at Brown

Brown University photo   Van Wickle Gates on Brown’s College Hill weren’t easy to open  NOTE: I am posting a serial concerning Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard, star of the Akron Pros and first Black coach in the NFL. This is Part 4 of 13....
Fritz Pollard, A Serial, Part 3: Mr. Vagabond

Fritz Pollard, A Serial, Part 3: Mr. Vagabond

Pro Football Hall of Fame via Brown University Photos Fritz Pollard grew up in Rogers Park, an all-white Chicago neighborhood before the Pollard family integrated it. Pollard biographer John Carroll speculated that John Pollard, who owned a barber shop, and wife...
Fritz Pollard, A Serial, Part 2: Welcome to a Tough Town

Fritz Pollard, A Serial, Part 2: Welcome to a Tough Town

Pro Football Hall of Fame Photo via Brown University A Note from Steve Love: This serialization comes from a long essay on Pro Football Hall of Famer Fritz Pollard who played for the Akron Pros at the dawn of the NFL. It was  intended as part of a book about...