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  • Collection: Origins and Firsts

Dott and Walker Necrology Files

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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.

1882 Baseball Team

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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)