“He was full of character, decency and integrity.”Floyd Douglas Little was born on July 4, 1942, in Waterbury, Conn. His father, Frederick Douglas, named for the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, died of cancer when he was 6. “The only thing I had was a dream,” the Broncos quoted Little as saying on a visit to New Haven in 1988. “I had no money, no promises and no guarantees.”Little had considered applying to West Point, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur sought to recruit him while he was at Bordentown. Little, who had close to 50 scholarship offers, told Davis he would go to Syracuse. But he still had thoughts of attending West Point.

Source: New York Times January 03, 2021 21:11 UTC