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Samuel L. "Sammie" Ransome (born 1883 and died 1970) was an African American high school, college, and professional athlete for several sports. He played professional football, baseball, and later coached college football. Some researchers believe he is the first African American to play college basketball. ==High School== Ransom was born in Illinois and attended Hyde Park Preparatory Academy from 1899 to 1902.〔("Sam Ransom Fearless in War or Sport" by Walter Eckersall - Anaconda Standard, Anaconda, Montana, Sunday, July 21, 1918, Page 2, Columns 1 to 3 )〕 In football, he played halfback. In baseball he played catcher, he was a forward on the basketball team, and worked on field events for the track team.〔 During his time at Hyde Park, the basketball team went to the championship. The football team went to county, state and even an "intersectional preparatory school game" with Brooklyn Polytechnic, beating them 105 to 0. The track team went to the Penn Relays. And according to a close teammate, he also worked as a bell boy in the Del Prado Hotel after classes and sports practice. The teammate, Walter Eckersall, also said Ransome got good grades and used the time between calls as a bell boy to study.〔 Eckersall went on to Quarterback for the University of Chicago and became a sportswriter for the Chicago Tribune. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Ransom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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