Hammond Pros

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The Hammond Pros from Hammond, Indiana played in the National Football League from 1920 to 1926 as a traveling team. Of the nine African-American players in the league during those years, six played for the Pros, including the first African American head coach in the NFL, Fritz Pollard.

[edit] Hall of Famers

• John "Paddy" Driscoll
• Fritz Pollard

[edit] Season-by-season

Year	W	L	T	Finish	Coach
1920	2	5	0	12th	Hank Gillo
1921	1	3	1	13th	Max Hicks
1922	0	5	1	15th	Wally Hess
1923	1	5	1	15th	Wally Hess
1924	2	2	1	10th	Wally Hess
1925	1	4	0	14th	Fritz Pollard, Doc Young
1926	0	4	0	21st	Doc Young

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