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To: DavesM who wrote (103145)3/3/2005 11:19:02 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793957
 
his UCLA team mate broke the color barrier and was signed by the Los Angeles Rams.

I was at SMU in 1952 when Georgia Tech came to Dallas to play them with a black running back. It was the talk of the campus all week, and the game had a lot of "get him," yells.



To: DavesM who wrote (103145)3/3/2005 11:37:54 AM
From: aladin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793957
 
Dave,

find it interesting that at roughly the same time (slightly before, I think) Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, his UCLA team mate broke the color barrier and was signed by the Los Angeles Rams.

But the NFL was a small league representing a small (if growing) sport. Professional Football did not have the media presence that Baseball did in that era. It was the NHL of that time :-)

John


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