Howell Public Schools issued the following announcement on Oct 21.
This weekend, the University of Michigan and Northwestern will face off for the new George Jewett Trophy. The two schools created the Geroge Jewett Trophy in honor of George Jewett II, the first African American to play football and coach college football. Mr. Jewett spent time at both U of M and Northwestern as both a player and a coach. Mr. Jewett also has ties to Howell and Howell High School, where he was the school's first football coach.
Original source can be found here.
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