Ray Bellamy Returns to Campus

Ray Bellamy was the first African-American to sign a football scholarship to play for the University of Miami. In fact, Bellamy was the first African-American football athlete given a scholarship to a major university in the Southeastern part of the United States. He later became Miami’s first African-American Student Body president.

Bellamy was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 2012. A three-sport star at Lincoln Memorial High School in Palmetto, Fla., he earned letters in football, basketball and track. He was the captain of Lincoln’s football team and also served as Student Body president, as well as the Florida State Student Council president.