Lucius Banks's guest appearances

Lucius Banks

Rugby Reloaded

Rugby League in America

Steve Mascord

Gavin Willacy

Tim Roby

Mark Evans

Kevin Moore

Tom Brown

James Simpson

Lindsay Anderson

Carolyn Hitt

Ben Darwin

Tony Collins

Brian Carney

Julia Lee

Heidi Norman

Huw Richards

OwlTail

If you truly know me then you know that I am a history nerd. If you know my guest then you'll know that Tony Collins is an emeritus professor of history at De Montfort University in England. If you know us both then you'll know that rugby league history is about to come to life through the telling of America's true rugby league pioneer, Lucius Banks.

Ep. 144, Lucius Banks Is America's Rugby League History

To mark Black History Month, this week's podcast looks at the pioneering life and times of Lucius Banks, the first Amercian to play professional rugby and the first black athlete to play professional rugby league. This is a remarkable life story of an African-American man born two decades after the end of slavery, travelled across the Atlantic to play a sport he had never seen, and returned home to struggle against racism for the rest of his life - a pioneer on and off the pitch. For more on the history of rugby and the other football codes, follow me on Twitter @collinstony and take a look at www.rugbyreloaded.com

To mark Black History Month, this week's podcast looks at the pioneering life and times of Lucius Banks, the first Amercian to play professional rugby and the first black athlete to play professional rugby league. This is a remarkable life story of an African-American man born two decades after the end of slavery, travelled across the Atlantic to play a sport he had never seen, and returned home to struggle against racism for the rest of his life - a pioneer on and off the pitch. For more on the history of rugby and the other football codes, follow me on Twitter @collinstony and take a look at <a href="http://www.rugbyreloaded.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.rugbyreloaded.com</a>

82. Lucius Banks, America's first pro rugby player (Black History Month)