Homer Harris, Jr Garfield High School 1934 Football, Track

SPS High School Athletic Hall of Fame • Seattle WA

High School • All-league end on undefeated Garfield football teams in 1932 and 1933 • First African-American captain of the school’s football team • Also ran track for the Bulldogs College • Three-year starting end and tackle at University of Iowa • Voted team’s Most Valuable Player in 1937 • As senior, first African-American player elected captain of a Big Ten football team • Named All Big Ten tight end three years in a row Other • Because NFL not integrated, could not play professional football • Head football coach of North Carolina A&T in 1940 • Became a dermatologist with well-known Seattle practice • Inducted into the University of Iowa’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002 • Seattle's Homer Harris Park opened and was dedicated in his name in 2005