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FOOTBALL
COLLEGE LEVEL
November 6, 1869Rutgers and Princeton
Universities
Field: 120 Yards Long, 75 Yards
Round, Soccer-Style Ball
First Contest: Rutgers wins 6-4
1883: 5 points for field goals,
2 points for touchdowns and
4 points for kicking.
1884: Touchdowns were 4
points, point after conversion-2
points, field goals were 5 points
1898: Touchdowns 5 points
Point after - 1 point
Field goal 5 points
1912: Touchdown 6 points
Field goal 3 points
Note: No forward pass is allowed
1905: 18 players were killed
159 were injured
President Roosevelt called for
reform.
1905: NCAA was formed
(Intercollegiate Athletic
Association).
Flying Wedge
Walter Camp:
Father of American Football
 Developed
Line of Scrimmage
 11 Players per Team
 110 Yard Field
 Developed Concept of Downs
College Football: Black
Athletes
First Black All-American William Henry Lewis of
Amherst College
William Henry Lewis
 Born
in Berkeley, Virginia,
1868
 5’7” and weighed 180
pounds
 Began Career at the Center
Position
 Team Captain (2 years)
William Henry Lewis
1892: George Flippen
University of Nebraska
Nebraska State Journal:
“Flippen went through the center
like a cannonball, and Denver had
a special push for him. He was
kicked, slugged, and jumped on,
but never knocked out, and gave
as good as he received. (He
became a physician.)”
The first game between a white
and black college was held in
New York City in 1947.
Wilberforce College (oldest black
college) defeated Bergen College
of New Jersey 40-12.
Paul Robeson
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1915: Rutgers
University
1916: Game against
W&L did not play
because of racism
Played professional
football to pay law
school tuition:
Columba University
Dr. Charles West: W&J
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1920-1924: Football
running back.
1922: Fist Black QB: Rose
Bowl
1923 and 1924: National
Pentathlon Champ
Visit to WVU: 1921
Medical Degree: Howard
University- Football Coach
1917 Washington High School
1921 WVU
1927 Track and Field
Football in 1946 was the
backbone of the black
colleges dating back to
the 1890’s.
HBCU Athletic Conferences
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Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference: Shaw, Livingstone, Johnson
C. Smith, Bowie State, Virginia Union
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference:
Hampton, Northfolk State, Morgan,
Howard, South Carolina State, Deleware
State
HBCU Sport Conferences
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Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference: Lincoln, Stillman, Morehouse,
Fort Valley State, Alabama A&M, Kentucky
State, Clark Atlanta, Lane, Tuskegee
Southwestern Athletic Conference:
Alabama State, Jackson State, Mississippi
Valley, Southern, Grambling, Texas
Southern, Prairie View A&M
Heisman Trophy:
The First African American
Athlete Winners
Selected by Downtown Athletic
Club Since 1935
John W. Heisman, 1917 Georgia
Tech National Champion Coach
was founder.
Jay Berwanger - 1935 First
Winner, University of Chicago
Ernie Davis (#44) Syracuse
University 1961 (First African
American to be awarded the
Heisman Trophy)
Mike Garrett (#20) USC Running Back - 1965
O.J. Simpson (#32) - USC Running Back - 1968
Archie Griffin - Ohio State
Running Back - 1974, 1975 (Ran
for 100 yards or more in 31
straight games)
Tony Dorsett - University of
Pittsburgh - Running Back - 1976
Earl Campbell - University of
Texas Running Back - 1977
Billy Sims - Oklahoma - Running
Back - 1978 (averaged 7 yards a
carry)
Marcus Allen - USC - Running
Back 1981
Herschel Walker (#34) University of Georgia - Running
Back - 1982
George Rogers - South Carolina
Running Back - 1983
Bo Jackson - Auburn - Running
Back - 1985
Barry Sanders - Oklahoma State
University - Running Back - 1988
Andre Ware - Houston - 1989
Desmond Howard - Michigan 1991
Charlie Ward - Florida State 1993
Rashaan Salaam - Colorado 1994
Eddie George - Ohio State - 1995
Charles Woodson - Michigan 1997
Ricky Williams - Texas - 1998
Ron Dayne - Wisconsin - 1999
Heissman Trophy
Between 1971 - 1994:
Ten awardees or 67%
were black and all were
running backs.
FOOTBALL
PROFESSIONAL
1892: Yale All-American guard
William “Pudge” Heffelfinger
received a $500
“performance bonus” from
Allegheny Athletic Association to
join their team for a game with
the Pittsburgh Athletic Club (AAA
won 4-0).
1893: Pittsburgh Athletic Club
hired Grant Dibert for the entire
season.
1902: 2 Philadelphia teams
(Athletics and Phillies) joined
with Pittsburgh Stars to form
the National Football League.
1904: 7 of the games top
professional teams were in
Ohio
1920: Meeting in Canton, Ohio,
formed new league - American
Professional Football Association
(APFA). George Hales - Prime
Mover (Manager and coach of
Decatur, IL).
1921: APFA comprised of 22
teams.
1922: APFA changed name to
NFL
Hales renamed his team -moved
to Chicago - became Bears.
Professional Football:
Black Players
1902: Charles W. Follis Cloverdale, Virginia - Played for
Shelby Athletic Association and
moved to Wooster, Ohio (Wooster
Athletic Association). Charles’
teammate was Branch Rickey, later
President of Brooklyn Dodgers.
Charles Follis: Wooster High School
In a game against Toledo, it was
stated, “The Shelby halfback is a
Negro, and the crowd got after
him early. The Toledo captain
had to address the crowd.”
Follis stopped playing football in
1906. (He was 6’ tall and 200
pounds.)
Fritz Pollard
5’8” and 165
pounds.
Running Back
 Enrolled in
Northwestern U.
:1913 but left
college. He Just
wanted to play.
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 1914
he went to Brown
University. Failed
entrance exam in Spanish
- Went to Dartmouth,
from there on to Bates
College - Finally back to
Brown University.
 Game against Amherst,
he returned punt for 60
yards.
In the 1930’s and 40’s, blacks
were forced out of professional
football. (No Blacks played in the
NFL during this time period.
1934 - 1945: Blacks were
excluded from NFL.
 Blacks
were seen as disciplinary
problems.
 White players demanded the black
players be dropped. (Blacks were
paid more than white players $1500 - $1800 per game.)
 Racism - Local and National Level
1946: All-American Football
Conference (AAFC) was
organized and allowed teams
to sign blacks.
Cleveland Browns signed Marion
Motley. (1948 led in rushing:
964 yards.)
Motley - First black player in the
Hall of Fame (football).
Browns won AAFC: 1946-1949
Marion Motley: Browns- 1946
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1946: All American
Football Conference:
Black Football
Players: Marion
Motley, Bill Willis,
Kenny Washington
and Woody Strode
Motley: AAFC leading
rusher ( 9 year pro)
Others/Black 1947 Buddy Young, Running
Back, New York Yankees;
Elmore Harris, Running Back,
Brooklyn Dodgers;
Bert Piggott, Running Back/
Defensive Back, L.A. Rams;
Bill Bass, Running Back/
Defensive Back, Chicago
Rockets
AAFC Last Year Was 1949:
1949 L.A. Rams signed the first
black from a HBCU - Paul “Tank”
Younger of Grambling. He was a
two time All-American.
In 1962, the Washington
Redskins was the last
team to sign black Bobby Mitchell. George
Preston, owner, did not
want to sign blacks.