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unusual facts about Moses Fleetwood Walker



1890 Michigan Wolverines football team

Eight years before Jewett's debut for the Michigan football team, Moses Fleetwood Walker became the first African-American to letter for Michigan, doing so on the baseball team.

Toledo Blue Stockings

Historically, the team is best known for being the only major league team with black players (Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother, Welday Walker) prior to Jackie Robinson's appearance with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.


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