page_title: Lowell Perry
section_title: University of Michigan
hierarchical_section_title: Lowell Perry / University of Michigan
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Lowell Perry running with the ball This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1963 and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. Unless its author has been dead for the required period, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| español&#160;| français&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| 한국어&#160;| македонски&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| русский&#160;| українська&#160;| 中文（台灣）‎&#160;| +/− This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States between 1923 and 1977 without a copyright notice. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (50 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties. Беларуская&#160;| Čeština&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| Español&#160;| Français&#160;| Italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| Македонски&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| Português&#160;| Русский&#160;| Slovenščina&#160;| ไทย&#160;| +/−
context_page_description: Lowell Wesley Perry was an American football player and coach, government official, businessman, and broadcaster. He was the first African-American assistant coach in the National Football League, the first African American to broadcast an NFL game to a national audience, and Chrysler's first African-American plant manager. He was appointed as the Commissioner of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission by President Gerald Ford, holding that position from 1975 to 1976. He later served as the director of the Michigan Department of Labor from 1990 to 1996. He also served on the board of the NFL Board of Charities.
context_section_description: Perry attended the University of Michigan where he studied history.  He played at the end position for the Michigan Wolverines football team from 1950 to 1952. Perry was a two-way player who was a safety on defense and also handled punt returns for the Wolverines.  After the 1951 season, he was selected as a second-team All-American by the Central Press Association and a third-team All-American by the United Press.  He was also rated as the best defensive back in college football during the 1951 season.  He was also selected by the Associated Press as a first-team All-Big Ten Player and by the United Press as a first-team player on its All-Midwest team.
  In three seasons for Michigan, Perry had 71 receptions for 1,261 yards and nine touchdowns.  Perry's three-year career total of 1,261 receiving yards was not exceeded by another Michigan player for a decade until Jack Clancy totaled 1,917 yards in four years from 1963 to 1966.
  Perry's highest single-game total came against Indiana in 1951, with five catches for 165 yards.  He had two additional touchdown catches against Indiana in 1952.  His 165-yard game against Indiana was the Michigan single-game receiving record for 15 years, until Clancy had 197 yards against Oregon State in 1966.
  Perry also returned 42 punts at Michigan for 351 yards, an average of 10.9 yards per return.
caption: Perry (No. 85) eludes opposing players, 1951
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