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George Flippin
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George Flippin
George Flippin died May 15, 1929 and is the only African –American buried in the Stromsburg Nebraska Cemetery.
Biography
George Albert Flippin was born February 8, 1868 in Ohio to Charles and Mahala Flippin. His father, Charles, was a freed slave who fought in the Civil War on behalf of the Union in the 14th US Colored Troops, Co. A
Missouri refused to play a scheduled football game, forfeiting 1-0 because of Flippin’s presence on the team.
George was a respected physician and surgeon known across the county and state for his willingness to make house calls regardless of the distance or the ability of the family to pay
George Flippin attended the University of Nebraska from 1891 to 1894. He was the first African-American football player for the University of Nebraska
He was elected captain of the football team
He built the first hospital in Stromsburg Nebraska which is now the local Bed and Breakfast
What year did George Flippin break the color barrier playing football at the University of Nebraska?
Answer 1891
. In 1910 George endured the scandal of a divorce and subsequent marriage to local Swedish woman, miss Mertina Larson.
This a picture of George's dad who married a caucasain woman Mary Bell Reed in 1885 after his first wife Mahala died in 1871.
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George was part of an early civil rights case in Nebraska when he was denied service at a York restaurant. When a York, NE café owner refused to serve Flippin, he filed the state’s first civil rights lawsuit.
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball in 1947
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