Oliver Ellis: Athlete

Oliver Ellis

Ellis was a four-letter athlete at Parker-Gray High School.  He received national recognition on the football team at West Virginia State College as a senior.  Ellis was inducted into the Greater Washington Fast-Pitch Softball Hall of Fame in 1981 and into the West Virginia State College Sports Hall of Fame in 1984.  He was one of three Alexandrians to be selected for induction into the Black College Football All-American Team in 1949.