Fritz Pollard

Rushing touchdowns:	16
Receiving touchdowns:	2
Total touchdowns:	18

Fritz Pollard
	Pollard in 1916
No. 9, 1
Position:	Back
Personal information
Born:	January 27, 1894; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died:	May 11, 1986 (aged 92); Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:	166 lb (75 kg)
Career information
College:	Brown (1915–1916)
Career history
As a player:
	Akron Pros (1920–1921); Union Club of Phoenixville (1920); Milwaukee Badgers (1922); Gilberton Cadamounts (1923–1924); Hammond Pros (1923, 1925); Providence Steamrollers (1925); Akron Indians (1925–1926);
As a coach:
	Lincoln (PA) (1918–1920); Akron Pros (1921); Hammond Pros (1925); Chicago Black Hawks (1928);
Career highlights and awards
	NFL champion (1920); First-team All-Pro (1920); Consensus All-American (1916);
Career NFL statistics
Rushing touchdowns:
Rushing touchdowns:	16
Receiving touchdowns:	2
Total touchdowns:	18
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
	Coaching stats at PFR
	Pro Football Hall of Fame
	College Football Hall of Fame

Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard (January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was an American 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. Football pioneer Walter Camp called Pollard "one of the greatest runners these eyes have ever seen."

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