Black History Month 2020: Jay Mayo Williams '20, Football/Track

Black History Month 2020: Jay Mayo Williams '20, Football/Track

2/11/2020 10:52:00 AM | Football, Men's Track & Field, Diversity & Inclusion

Throughout the month of February, Brown Athletics will celebrate Black History Month through a series of profiles. Over the course of the month, the Bears will recognize African Americans who have made an impact on the university community and beyond.

Jay Mayo "Ink" Williams '20, Football/Track & Field

A standout football and track & field student-athlete at Brown, Jay Mayo "Ink" Williams '20 earned All-America honors as a football end, served in World War I, played in the early years of the National Football League and enjoyed a career as a pioneering record producer in the music industry. Williams helped lead Brown to a 27-10-1 record over his four football playing seasons, and as a senior in 1920, he earned Walter Camp Honorable Mention All-America and New York Times Third Team All-America honors. Williams went on to earn even more acclaim as a pioneering producer of recorded blues music and was posthumously elected into the Blues Hall of Fame.