| Fritz Pollard AKA Frederick Douglass Pollard Born: 27-Jan-1894
Birthplace: Rogers Park, IL
Died: 11-May-1986
Location of death: Silver Spring, MD
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Remains: Buried, Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Brentwood, MD
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Football Nationality: United States
Executive summary: First black coach in the NFL Father: John William Pollard
Mother: Catherine Amanda Hughs
Wife: Ada Laing (m. 1914, div. 1940, three daughters, one son)
Son: Frederick Douglass Pollard, Jr. (athlete, b. 18-Feb-1915, d. 14-Feb-2003)
Wife: Mary Ella Austin (m. 1947)
High School: Lane Technical High School, Chicago, IL (1912)
University: Brown University
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
College Football Hall of Fame 1954
Pro Football Hall of Fame 2005
SPORTS FRANCHISE HISTORY
Akron Pros (1925-26)
Hammond Pros Head Coach (1925)
Milwaukee Badgers (1925)
Providence Steam Roller (1925)
Hammond Pros (1923)
Milwaukee Badgers (1922)
Akron Pros Head Coach (1919)
Akron Pros (1919-21)
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