Ezzrett Anderson
| Date of birth: | February 10, 1920 |
| Place of birth: | Nashville, Arkansas, USA |
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Position(s): | End, Defensive back |
| College: | Kentucky State |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1947 1948-1954 |
Los Angeles Dons Calgary Stampeders |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| CFL All-Star: | 1949 |
| Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Ezzrett "Sugarfoot" Anderson (born February 10, 1920) is a former all-star Canadian Football League player.
Biography [edit]
Anderson graduated from Kentucky State and turned pro in 1945 and 1946 with the Hollywood Bears in the Pacific Coast Football League (along with future CFL opponente Chuck Anderson.)[1] After playing with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (in 1947,) where he caught 11 passes for 126 yards and 1 TD, he began a 6 year stay with the Calgary Stampeders. As a Stamp he caught 116 passes for 1576 yards and 5 TDs, with his best year being 1950, when he caught 46 passes for 673 yards. He retired in 1954.[2]
Following in the footsteps of Herb Trawick, he was among the first African-American players in the CFL. In 1990 he was inducted into the Calgary Stampeders Wall of Fame.[3]
References [edit]
- ^ Not Only the Ball Was Brown: BLACK PLAYERS IN MINOR LEAGUE FOOTBALL, 1933-46 by Bob Gill and Tod Maher, THE COFFIN CORNER: Vol. 11, No. 5 (1989)
- ^ [1] CFLAPEDIA entry - Ezzert Anderson
- ^ "Stamps Add to Wall of Fame". Calgary Stampeder Football Club. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
External links [edit]
- Anderson bio at Alberta's Black Pioneer Heritage
