Fritz Pollard becomes the first African American to play professional football for a major team, the Akron Pros.

Fritz Pollard

American football player and coach (1894–1986)

Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard 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.…