page_title: Frank Hudson (American football)
section_title: Football player
hierarchical_section_title: Frank Hudson (American football) / Carlisle / Football player
caption_attribution_description: English: Pupils at en:Carlisle Indian Industrial School, en:Pennsylvania (c. 1900). Source: Frontier Forts
context_page_description: Frank Hudson was a Native American football player and coach. He was a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe from New Mexico.
  He played college football for the Carlisle Indian Industrial School from 1895 to 1899 and was considered the greatest kicker in the early years of American football. In 1898, he became the first Native American player of the sport to be selected as an All-American. He was selected as a first-team All-American by Outing magazine in both 1898 and 1899.
  From 1904 to 1906, he served as an assistant coach of the Carlisle football team, becoming one of the first non-white coaches in college football history.
context_section_description: Hudson left his home and tribe in New Mexico to attend the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, an Indian boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, formed for the purpose of assimilating Native American children from 39 tribes into the majority culture.  While at Carlisle, Hudson became a star on the school's football team.  He was the quarterback at Carlisle as early as 1895.  In December 1896, he played in what is reported to have been "the first game under electric light"—a victory over Wisconsin.  According to a press account from 1897, Hudson was only five feet, three inches tall, and weighed 130 pounds.
caption: Native American pupils at Carlisle Indian School, c. 1900
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