The Pigskin Club of Washington is an American sports organization based in the District of Columbia.
Founded in 1938 by Dr. Charles B. Fisher, a former football player at Howard University,[1] it is one of the oldest African American sports clubs in the country.
Formal organization took place on the evening of Friday, October 7, 1938, at the 12th Street Branch YWCA.
By the time the organization held its Thirtieth Anniversary Awards Dinner membership had grown to over 500 representative leaders in civic, professional, religious, educational and community action areas of interest in the District of Columbia and ten Atlantic Seaboard States, men primarily concerned with stimulating clean, fair play and DEMOCRACY IN SPORTS at the high school, college and professional level of competition.
The Black Tie, 30th Anniversary Awards Dinner was held on December 9, 1967, at the D.C. Statler-Hilton.