DOCTOR, ATHLETE
George Albert Flippin was born February 8, 1868 in Ohio to Charles and Mahala Flippin. His father, Charles, was a freed slave who fought in the Civil War on behalf of the Union in the 14th US Colored Troops Co. A. After Mahala died in 1871, Charles and his two children moved to Marion County, Kansas. Charles attended The Bennett Eclectic Medical School in Chicago and became a doctor. In 1885 Charles married Mary Bell Reed, a white physician, who was also a graduate of the Bennett Eclectic Medical School. In 1888 the Flippin family moved to Henderson, NE to set up a clinic and pharmacy.
George Flippin attended the University of Nebraska from 1891 to 1894. He was the first black football player for the University. Missouri refused to play a scheduled football game, forfeiting 1-0, because of Flippin's presence on the team. He was the first black player inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
George married Georgia Smith in 1893. Georgia, from Des Moines, Iowa was a piano student at the Nebraska Conservatory of Music in Lincoln prior to their marriage. They moved to Chicago where George attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons. After graduating, George and Georgia moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas where George practiced medicine. They had two children, Dorothy May (Jeffers) and Robert Browning Flippin.
In 1907 George moved to Stromsburg where his father and stepmother had established a medical practice in 1901. He built the first hospital in Stromsburg, which is now the local Bed and Breakfast. George was part of the first civil rights case in Nebraska when he was denied service at a York restaurant. He received the first warrant issued by York's police court for speeding. Contrary to local legend, George Flippin did not own one of the first automobiles in Stromsburg. That notoriety belonged to his father, Charles.
George was a respected physician and surgeon, known across the county and state for his willingness to make house calls regardless of the distance or the ability of the family to pay. George Flippin died May 15,1929 and is the only African-American buried in the Stromsburg Cemetery.
∼George was born to freed slaves, Charles and Mahala K. Flippin in Point Isabelle, Ohio. He was the first black football player for the University of Nebraska in the 1890s. He went on to the College of Physicians & Surgeons, graduating there in 1900. After interning at Cook County Hospital, he and his wife Georgia along with daughter, Dorothy, moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. After practicing medicine there, he answered a request from his father, Charles, to come to Stromsburg, Nebraska to assist him in his medical practice. He built and opened his Mawood Hospital in January of 1909. He not only had a successful medical practice, he also raised prized Plymouth Barred Rock Hens. They would win prizes at poultry shows from Stromsburg, to the State Fair, to the Denver Stock and Poultry Show and the Chicago Colliseum. He would take as many as 18 pens and did all this by train! He died on May 15, 1929 in his beloved hospital. The largest funeral to date was held from his hospital/home. George brought together the largest interracial group of people Stromsburg had ever seen or will ever see. He is buried in the Stromsburg Cemetery.
George Albert Flippin was born February 8, 1868 in Ohio to Charles and Mahala Flippin. His father, Charles, was a freed slave who fought in the Civil War on behalf of the Union in the 14th US Colored Troops Co. A. After Mahala died in 1871, Charles and his two children moved to Marion County, Kansas. Charles attended The Bennett Eclectic Medical School in Chicago and became a doctor. In 1885 Charles married Mary Bell Reed, a white physician, who was also a graduate of the Bennett Eclectic Medical School. In 1888 the Flippin family moved to Henderson, NE to set up a clinic and pharmacy.
George Flippin attended the University of Nebraska from 1891 to 1894. He was the first black football player for the University. Missouri refused to play a scheduled football game, forfeiting 1-0, because of Flippin's presence on the team. He was the first black player inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
George married Georgia Smith in 1893. Georgia, from Des Moines, Iowa was a piano student at the Nebraska Conservatory of Music in Lincoln prior to their marriage. They moved to Chicago where George attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons. After graduating, George and Georgia moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas where George practiced medicine. They had two children, Dorothy May (Jeffers) and Robert Browning Flippin.
In 1907 George moved to Stromsburg where his father and stepmother had established a medical practice in 1901. He built the first hospital in Stromsburg, which is now the local Bed and Breakfast. George was part of the first civil rights case in Nebraska when he was denied service at a York restaurant. He received the first warrant issued by York's police court for speeding. Contrary to local legend, George Flippin did not own one of the first automobiles in Stromsburg. That notoriety belonged to his father, Charles.
George was a respected physician and surgeon, known across the county and state for his willingness to make house calls regardless of the distance or the ability of the family to pay. George Flippin died May 15,1929 and is the only African-American buried in the Stromsburg Cemetery.
∼George was born to freed slaves, Charles and Mahala K. Flippin in Point Isabelle, Ohio. He was the first black football player for the University of Nebraska in the 1890s. He went on to the College of Physicians & Surgeons, graduating there in 1900. After interning at Cook County Hospital, he and his wife Georgia along with daughter, Dorothy, moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. After practicing medicine there, he answered a request from his father, Charles, to come to Stromsburg, Nebraska to assist him in his medical practice. He built and opened his Mawood Hospital in January of 1909. He not only had a successful medical practice, he also raised prized Plymouth Barred Rock Hens. They would win prizes at poultry shows from Stromsburg, to the State Fair, to the Denver Stock and Poultry Show and the Chicago Colliseum. He would take as many as 18 pens and did all this by train! He died on May 15, 1929 in his beloved hospital. The largest funeral to date was held from his hospital/home. George brought together the largest interracial group of people Stromsburg had ever seen or will ever see. He is buried in the Stromsburg Cemetery.
DOCTOR, ATHLETE
George Albert Flippin was born February 8, 1868 in Ohio to Charles and Mahala Flippin. His father, Charles, was a freed slave who fought in the Civil War on behalf of the Union in the 14th US Colored Troops Co. A. After Mahala died in 1871, Charles and his two children moved to Marion County, Kansas. Charles attended The Bennett Eclectic Medical School in Chicago and became a doctor. In 1885 Charles married Mary Bell Reed, a white physician, who was also a graduate of the Bennett Eclectic Medical School. In 1888 the Flippin family moved to Henderson, NE to set up a clinic and pharmacy.
George Flippin attended the University of Nebraska from 1891 to 1894. He was the first black football player for the University. Missouri refused to play a scheduled football game, forfeiting 1-0, because of Flippin's presence on the team. He was the first black player inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
George married Georgia Smith in 1893. Georgia, from Des Moines, Iowa was a piano student at the Nebraska Conservatory of Music in Lincoln prior to their marriage. They moved to Chicago where George attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons. After graduating, George and Georgia moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas where George practiced medicine. They had two children, Dorothy May (Jeffers) and Robert Browning Flippin.
In 1907 George moved to Stromsburg where his father and stepmother had established a medical practice in 1901. He built the first hospital in Stromsburg, which is now the local Bed and Breakfast. George was part of the first civil rights case in Nebraska when he was denied service at a York restaurant. He received the first warrant issued by York's police court for speeding. Contrary to local legend, George Flippin did not own one of the first automobiles in Stromsburg. That notoriety belonged to his father, Charles.
George was a respected physician and surgeon, known across the county and state for his willingness to make house calls regardless of the distance or the ability of the family to pay. George Flippin died May 15,1929 and is the only African-American buried in the Stromsburg Cemetery.
∼George was born to freed slaves, Charles and Mahala K. Flippin in Point Isabelle, Ohio. He was the first black football player for the University of Nebraska in the 1890s. He went on to the College of Physicians & Surgeons, graduating there in 1900. After interning at Cook County Hospital, he and his wife Georgia along with daughter, Dorothy, moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. After practicing medicine there, he answered a request from his father, Charles, to come to Stromsburg, Nebraska to assist him in his medical practice. He built and opened his Mawood Hospital in January of 1909. He not only had a successful medical practice, he also raised prized Plymouth Barred Rock Hens. They would win prizes at poultry shows from Stromsburg, to the State Fair, to the Denver Stock and Poultry Show and the Chicago Colliseum. He would take as many as 18 pens and did all this by train! He died on May 15, 1929 in his beloved hospital. The largest funeral to date was held from his hospital/home. George brought together the largest interracial group of people Stromsburg had ever seen or will ever see. He is buried in the Stromsburg Cemetery.
George Albert Flippin was born February 8, 1868 in Ohio to Charles and Mahala Flippin. His father, Charles, was a freed slave who fought in the Civil War on behalf of the Union in the 14th US Colored Troops Co. A. After Mahala died in 1871, Charles and his two children moved to Marion County, Kansas. Charles attended The Bennett Eclectic Medical School in Chicago and became a doctor. In 1885 Charles married Mary Bell Reed, a white physician, who was also a graduate of the Bennett Eclectic Medical School. In 1888 the Flippin family moved to Henderson, NE to set up a clinic and pharmacy.
George Flippin attended the University of Nebraska from 1891 to 1894. He was the first black football player for the University. Missouri refused to play a scheduled football game, forfeiting 1-0, because of Flippin's presence on the team. He was the first black player inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1974.
George married Georgia Smith in 1893. Georgia, from Des Moines, Iowa was a piano student at the Nebraska Conservatory of Music in Lincoln prior to their marriage. They moved to Chicago where George attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons. After graduating, George and Georgia moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas where George practiced medicine. They had two children, Dorothy May (Jeffers) and Robert Browning Flippin.
In 1907 George moved to Stromsburg where his father and stepmother had established a medical practice in 1901. He built the first hospital in Stromsburg, which is now the local Bed and Breakfast. George was part of the first civil rights case in Nebraska when he was denied service at a York restaurant. He received the first warrant issued by York's police court for speeding. Contrary to local legend, George Flippin did not own one of the first automobiles in Stromsburg. That notoriety belonged to his father, Charles.
George was a respected physician and surgeon, known across the county and state for his willingness to make house calls regardless of the distance or the ability of the family to pay. George Flippin died May 15,1929 and is the only African-American buried in the Stromsburg Cemetery.
∼George was born to freed slaves, Charles and Mahala K. Flippin in Point Isabelle, Ohio. He was the first black football player for the University of Nebraska in the 1890s. He went on to the College of Physicians & Surgeons, graduating there in 1900. After interning at Cook County Hospital, he and his wife Georgia along with daughter, Dorothy, moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas. After practicing medicine there, he answered a request from his father, Charles, to come to Stromsburg, Nebraska to assist him in his medical practice. He built and opened his Mawood Hospital in January of 1909. He not only had a successful medical practice, he also raised prized Plymouth Barred Rock Hens. They would win prizes at poultry shows from Stromsburg, to the State Fair, to the Denver Stock and Poultry Show and the Chicago Colliseum. He would take as many as 18 pens and did all this by train! He died on May 15, 1929 in his beloved hospital. The largest funeral to date was held from his hospital/home. George brought together the largest interracial group of people Stromsburg had ever seen or will ever see. He is buried in the Stromsburg Cemetery.
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