About The FROGS Club

The FROGS (Friendly Rivalry Often Generates Success) Club was formed as a social club on May 5, 1910.  a group of African-American men from Pittsburgh, McKeesport, Beaver Falls, Homestead, Wilkinsburg, Clairton and other areas came together and formed the initial membership of the FROGS.  Wilbur C. Douglas named the club which was registered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

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The founders of the FROGS Club were Wilbur Chalfant Douglass, Howard Hartley Hall, Henry Harrison Kennedy, Caeser Duncan Lowndes, Byron Nathaniel Peters, Howard Emanuel Rickmond, William Sheppard Rickmond and John Clark Stanton.

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The high purpose of the club was to have fun in 1910 and this purpose has been carried on for over 100 years. 

Many prominent African American men have been members of the FROGS who were professionals in their vocations. They include Cumberland Posey, Jr., owner of the Homestead Grays baseball team; Robert Lavelle, founder of Dwelling House Savings & Loan; Robert L. Vann, of the Pittsburgh Courier; and The Honorable Judge Warren Watson.

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