This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Fritz Pollard, a pioneering African-American player and coach in American collegiate and professional gridiron football. He was the first African-American selected to a backfield position on Walter Camp's All-America team (1916) and the first African-American head coach in the National Football League (NFL), with the Akron Pros in 1921.

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encyclopedia britannica, frederick douglass pollard, sr., fritz pollard

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