Lou Montgomery

==Later years==

==Later years==

After college, Montgomery organized a [[semi-professional sports|semi-professional]] football team known as the Boston Blackhawks,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-afro-american-montgomery-leads-black/175941058/ |title=Montgomery Leads Blackhawks to Win |newspaper=[[Baltimore Afro-American]] |page=22 |date=September 27, 1941 |accessdate=July 5, 2025 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>{{efn|Some later sources refer to the team as the Black Eagles rather than Blackhawks.<ref name=obit/>}} which played in the [[New England]] area.<ref name=obit/> He later worked in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], as an insurance agent, and eventually moved to California and worked for [[Western Airlines]].<ref name=obit/> Montgomery died on January 29, 1993, in [[Long Beach, California]], aged 72.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-lou-montgomery-was-1st/175586971/ |title=Lou Montgomery, was 1st black to play football for BC; at 72 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=23 |date=February 3, 1993 |accessdate=January 29, 2025 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He was survived by two daughters.<ref name=obit/>

After college, Montgomery organized a [[semi-professional sports|semi-professional]] football team known as the Boston Blackhawks,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-afro-american-montgomery-leads-black/175941058/ |title=Montgomery Leads Blackhawks to Win |newspaper=[[Baltimore Afro-American]] |page=22 |date=September 27, 1941 |accessdate=July 5, 2025 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>{{efn|Some later sources refer to the team as the Black Eagles rather than Blackhawks.<ref name=obit/>}} which played in the [[New England]] area.<ref name=obit/> The Blackhawks remained active as late as October 1947.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/rumford-falls-times-blackhawks-take-vfw/175941639/ |title=Blackhawks Take VFW 6-0 Sunday |newspaper=Rumford Falls Times |location=[[Rumford, Maine]] |page=9 |date=October 23, 1947 |accessdate=July 5, 2025 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

Montgomery later worked in [[Hartford, Connecticut]], as an insurance agent, and eventually moved to California and worked for [[Western Airlines]].<ref name=obit/> He died on January 29, 1993, in [[Long Beach, California]], aged 72.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe-lou-montgomery-was-1st/175586971/ |title=Lou Montgomery, was 1st black to play football for BC; at 72 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |page=23 |date=February 3, 1993 |accessdate=January 29, 2025 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> He was survived by two daughters.<ref name=obit/>

==Legacy==

==Legacy==