Marshall, Bobby, 1880-1958

Negro League first baseman. "Outside of athletics, Marshall practiced law as an attorney in the law office of Mr. William H. H. Franklin, and later at the well-known firm of Nash and Armstrong. Marshall left the law offices, spending many years back on the diamonds, playing semi-pro baseball for pre-Negro National Leagues. Off the diamond, he played in the NFL from 1920-1924, one of the first two African-Americans in the NFL. He had previously been the first African-American in the Big Nine (later the Big Ten Conference)." --baseball-reference.com.