He attended the University of Iowa, where he played as an end and tackle and became the first African-American captain of a Big Ten Conference team.

named an All-Big Ten Conference three years in a row.

Harris went to Meharry Medical College in Nashville and practiced as a dermatologist, first in Chicago and then his hometown of Seattle from 1954 to 2000.

He was inducted into the Hawkeyes' Hall of Fame in 2002 and had a Seattle park named after him the same year.

[1] Harris died on March 17, 2007, at his home in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.