Pigskin Club president Lawrence A. Oxley presents a plaque to tennis star Althea Gibson, 1958. Gibson was the first woman to receive an award from the club.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Pigskin Club, Football, Friendship and Civil Rights
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Pigskin Club, Football, Friendship and Civil Rights
Civil Rights Tour: Recreation - Pigskin Club, Football, Friendship and Civil Rights
The Pigskin Club was founded by Dr. Charles B. Fisher on July 30, 1938, as a social organization of men who had participated in or contributed to collegiate football. A similar club, the Touchdown Club, was organized three years earlier for…