The '23 squad included the first African American football player and first African American letterman at UW, halfback Hamilton Greene. And it was the first season that UW ended its season in the ...
D.C., where Hill became the first Black player on the football team. Then, he did it again at the Naval Academy. "I was the first African-American to play football for any military academy." ...
Ernie Davis succeeded at every venue, a three-sport standout in high school, a two-time All-American ... national football championship. As a senior in 1961, he became the first African-American ...