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Position: | Back | ||||||
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Born: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | January 27, 1894||||||
Died: | May 11, 1986 Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S. | (aged 92)||||||
Height: | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 166 lb (75 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Lane Tech (Chicago, IL) | ||||||
College: | Brown (1915–1916) | ||||||
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Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard (January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was an American professional football player and coach. In 1921, he became the first African-American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard and Bobby Marshall were the first two African-American players in the NFL in 1920. Football pioneer Walter Camp called Pollard "one of the greatest runners these eyes have ever seen."[1]