Roberta Vincent, Special to The Times.
Editor’s Note: As our nation celebrates Black History Month, this three-part series in The Norwich Times will review the accomplishments of some of the exceptional athletes from Norwich who attended NFA and were inducted into the NFA/Norwich Sports Hall of Fame. This is the first in our series.
Every once in a while, a family of athletes can have a big impact on sports teams in a small city. One of those families in Norwich in the 1950s and 1960s were the children of Timothy and Fannie (Roach) Howard. The following are short profiles of these athletes, all of whom are in the NFA/Norwich Sports Hall of Fame.