The Featured Picture

Just a few words about the title picture of the blog. I always search Google Images for a unique picture for our bowl pool blog. This year I found this picture of the Amherst College team from the early 1890's. It features the man on the left who is holding a tassel signifying that he is the team captain. He was finally inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009. His accomplishment? Well, it should be accomplishments. His name is William Henry Lewis: the first African American college football player. He was captain of his teams at Amherst and then at Harvard. But, he did not stop there. He was the first paid head coach at Harvard. He also went on to be the assistant US attorney for Boston appointed by Theodore Roosevelt. He was the first African American assistant attorney general under President Taft. He also wrote one of the first books about college football. One last accomplishment to tell you about - his record at Harvard as coach: 22-2. Awesome. This year's bowl pool is unofficially the William Henry Lewis College Football Bowl Pool.