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A team photo of the 1882 baseball team, which was noteworthy for the presence of Fleet Walker, the first African-American athlete at Michigan (bottom row, third from the right)

University of Michigan Photographs Vertical File

On the left is Dott's necrology file and on the right is Walker's necrology file. The two men attended U-M during the same time and played baseball with one another. Yet Dott has clearly been remembered, while Walker has been all but forgotten.