Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie was honored with the Paul “Tank” Younger Award at the Fritz Pollard Alliance’s 15th annual reception and awards ceremony in Indianapolis. Howie Roseman and Doug Pederson accepted the award on his behalf.
The award is named after Paul “Tank” Younger, the first minority executive in the National Football League. Younger, who earned All-America honors at Grambling, had a successful NFL career with the Los Angeles Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers earning Pro Bowl honors five times in the 1950s.
He also became the first African-American player to play in an NFL all-star game and went on to become the league’s first minority assistant general manager and front office executive.