Black History Month: Duval’s Finest!

Adolphus Cornelius Frazier ( AL Frazier)

AL Frazier

Al Frazier was born March 28th, 1935 here in Jacksonville Florida. He is one of the oldest living NFL players. (Courtesy : oldestlivingprofootball.com) Al attended Stanton High School, then went on to play at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee FL. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in 1957 but chose to play in the  Canadian Football League. Frazier played 2 seasons in the CFL, 1957 with the Toronto Argonauts and 1960 with the Grey Cup champion Ottawa Rough Riders. –Wikipedia

Upon retiring from the NFL Al achieved a Master’s Degree from Teachers College at Columbia University, and worked for over thirty years at York College in New York, where he was Assistant Dean of Student Development at the time of his retirement in 2006.

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Andre' Ellis, Founder/ Lead Writer DuvalSports.com Florida Times Union All-City 1998,LB, Sandalwood Florida A&M Unv, BA , MBA