Thom Gatewood, former Notre Dame Fighting Irish split end and board member of the National Football Foundation, shared his thoughts on Black History and its connections to football, his career experiences and current events.
(Thom Gatewood joined the National Football Foundation Board of Directors in 2016. He is the owner and president of the advertising specialty company Blue Atlas Productions and the co-owner of Larkspur Lane Ltd., a television production company. He previously worked for ABC News and Sports, receiving both an Emmy and a Peabody. A split end at Notre Dame from 1969-71, he became the first African-American captain of the Fighting Irish football team while earning recognition as an NFF National Scholar-Athlete in 1971.