William Henry Lewis was among 18 men honored last week by the College Football Hall of Fame. To describe his induction as "belated" would be an understatement. Lewis played his football at Amherst and Harvard in the early 1890s and wound up accumulating a long list of achievements and distinctions.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
A Century Later, First Black All-American College Football Player Honored (WBUR Boston)
William Henry Lewis was among 18 men honored last week by the College Football Hall of Fame. To describe his induction as "belated" would be an understatement. Lewis played his football at Amherst and Harvard in the early 1890s and wound up accumulating a long list of achievements and distinctions.
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