Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 21, 1968 – Apr 19, 2020 (Age 52)
Pellom McDaniels III, a former NFL player and professor at Emory University, died Sunday, April 19, 2020. He was 52. McDaniels was a faculty curator of the African American Collections at Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library. He played football for Oregon...
Read MoreA wonderful person, scholar, artist. We are ALL diminished by the absence of Pellom from our earth and lives.
Peggy Dobbins
March 30, 2021 | Coworker
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Sangodare
March 23, 2021 | Student
i produced a profile of Pellom for CBS Sunday Morning in 1998.
what a warm wonderful man! i have the fondest memories of him and his wife. i still have an art box he painted and gave me as a present.
cherished and even more now. i only just learned of his passing.
reading about everything he did after football is thrilling. a great mind.
RIP
pamela mcdonough
pamela mcdonough
September 10, 2020 | Friend
I met Pellom through the National Black Arts Festival. I remember the day that he presented himself to the Festival team. All of us thought long and hard about how he could be presented by the Festival. Soft spoken, obliviously kind and very intelligent, clearly a true Renaissance man. As they say, the rest is history.
I was so sorry to hear of his transition but I am sure that the lives he touched will never forget the lessons we learned from him. May he rest in eternal peace.
Collette Hopkins
September 09, 2020 | Acquaintance
We lost a very great man. It was my honor to know Pellom and work with him on our movie project, " Prince of Jockeys". We will continue to pursue the production of this movie in his honor. You will be missed.
Paul Wright
August 12, 2020 | Friend
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Reggie Pitchford
July 30, 2020 | Classmate
To the McDaniel family,
Words can never express the feeling for a lost loved on. cherise the time Pellom was with us. My Brother has gone to Those Golden Shores.
Rest In Peace My Nupe,
Gabby
Quentin Whitelaw
June 04, 2020 | Friend
So sorry to hear of Pellom's passing. He was a wonderfully gifted and so helpful to others. I always looked forward to seeing him at the sport history conferences.
Jerry Gems
Gerald Gems
May 22, 2020 | Naperville, IL
I met Pellom a few months ago when he invited me to participate in a program on African Americans and World War I He was an engaging and humble host that I never even guessed at his versatility in athletics, art, poetry and a host of other endeavors! He was easy to meet and you wanted to continue a relationship with him because of his uncanny ability to establish lasting rapport with everyone. Ironically, I tried to introduce him to an artist from New York who actually travelled to Atlanta...
Hurl Taylor
May 09, 2020 | Ellenwood, GA | Acquaintance
