Duke Slater
Subtitle: pioneering black NFL player and judge
By: Neal Rozendaal ; foreword by Sherman Howard
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786469574
Subjects: Football players; African American football players; Biography; African American judges
Description: "Fred "Duke" Slater was the greatest African American football player of the first half of the 20th century. But his pioneering influence extended beyond the gridiron. After retirement, he broke ground in the legal field as just the second black judge in Chicago history. The inspirational life of Judge Duke Slater is a true American success story"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.