Fritz Pollard was the first Black head coach in pro football history. He led the Akron Pros of the American Professional Football Association, later renamed the NFL, in 1921. (Dave Pickoff/AP ...

Shortly after the University of Illinois season ended in November, All-America halfback Harold (Red) Grange signed a contract to play with the Chicago Bears. On Thanksgiving Day, a crowd of 36,000-the ...

The site navigation utilizes arrow, enter, escape, and space bar key commands. Left and right arrows move across top level links and expand / close menus in sub levels. Up and Down arrows will open ...

Kinney Holbrook joined the Hawkeye football team in 1895, becoming the first African-American athlete in the history of the University of Iowa and the first documented black college athlete in the ...

According to the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), football - or soccer as it is known in North America - is played by upwards of 240 million people worldwide. Records ...

The female American Football coach breaking barriers on and off the pitch Arizona Cardinals appoint NFL's first female coach "History made," tweeted the Southeastern Conference (SEC), showing the ...