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About Us

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PIGSKIN CLUB OF WASHINGTON, INCORPORATED

 

Rodney P. Savoy, Jr., Club Archivist Emeritus (Deceased)

 

The Pigskin Club was the brainchild of the late Dr. Charles B. Fisher, a former star


football player on the Howard University football teams of 1917, 1919, and 1920.


Being impressed with the benefits that derive from wholesome athletics, and


understanding the problems incident to participation in competitive sports, Dr. Fisher


conceived the idea of assembling men who had received benefits from such activities


and forming them into an organization. He discussed these ideas with a number of his


friends with like interests and called a meeting for Tuesday, July 25, 1938. In a note


announcing a larger meeting, Dr. Fisher wrote:

 

"Dear Friend of Football:

 

On Saturday night, July 30, 1938, at nine o'clock, I am asking those whom I believe


are interested in the formation of the Pigskin Club to meet at my home. To become a


member requires no fee. The purpose and eligibility are stated on the enclosed card.

 

May I have the pleasure of seeing you?

 

 

Sincerely yours,

 

Charles B. Fisher, M.D.


"Organizer"

 

 

The purpose of this meeting was stated on a card, enclosed with the call for the initial


meeting: "PIGSKIN CLUB-PURPOSE"

 

That there be an ever improving relationship between persons interested in the


game of football; that there may be given encouragement for good, clean sport;


that there may be a more perfect under­standing among such persons; and, that


there may be mutual benefits and pleasures derived from such association.

 

ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP

 

Satisfactory evidence of having played in college football competition. Satisfactory


evidence of having made some outstanding contribution to the sport of football.

 

In response to Dr. Fisher's invitation, the following persons met at his home to plan for


the formal organization of the Pigskin Club:

 

George Edward Brice                                        Harold Douglas Martin


Frederick Sylvester Blackwell                            Robert Nicholas Mattingly


Raymond Elmer Contee                                    Charles Lloyd Pinderhughes


Joseph Norman Dodson                                    John Randolph Pinkett


William Henry Greene                                      John Turner Rhines


George Edward Chalmers Hayes                        W. Napoleon Rivers


Harold Appo Haynes                                         Alfred Kiger Savoy


Edwin Bancroft Henderson                                Emmett J. Scott


Leo Sigsbee Holton                                          Charles Freeman West


Campbell Carrington Johnson                            Garnet Crummel Wilkinson

 

Formal organization of the Pigskin Club took place on the evening of Friday, October 7,  


1938 at the 12th Street Branch YMCA, Officers elected were:

 

President…………………………..Charles B. Fisher

Vice President……………………Edwin B. Henderson

Vice President……………………John R. Pinkett

Secretary…………………………..George E. Brice

Treasurer…………………………..William H. Greene

 

At this meeting the following persons were recognized as Charter Members:

 

Ralph Anderson                         John Gaddis                   Robert Pinderhughes

Thomas J. Banks                       Rosier Graves                 Charles Pinkett

Richard Blackwell                      Harry Greene                  John Rainey

F. S. Brice                                 William H. Greene           M. Grayson Rhines               

George E. Brown                       Vernon Hayes                 John T. Richardson

Huver I. Brown                         George E.C. Hardy          Willis Rivers    

Artie Bruce                               Henry Haynes                 W. Napoleon Robinson

Whit Butt                                 Harold Henderson            Roscoe Savoy    

John Carmichael                       Edwin Holton                   A. Kiger Sewell

Claude Clay                              Leo Jefferson                  Joseph Scott

Henry Coleman                         George Johnson              Armond W. Tyson

Frank Contee                            Campbell McAlpin            James G. West     

Raymond Compton                    Harry McDuffie                Charles Washington

Samuel Cupid                           Clyde Marshall                 Benjamin Wilkinson

Isaac Dixon                              C. Herbert Martin             Garnet Wilson

Walter Dodson                          Joseph Martin                  Robert Young

Joseph Downing                        Ulysses Monroe                                 

Lewis Francis                            Daniel Pearson                                                                 

 

Since the first meeting, the Pigskin Club has become one of the leading and influential sports organizations in the Nation. Under the leadership of Charles B. Fisher, the Club became a rallying point for college lettermen, coaches and citizens interested in clean sports and fair play.

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