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Robert Warren Grier (January 2, 1933 – June 30, 2024) [3] was an American college football player for Pitt.In 1956, he was the first African American football player to break the color barrier of the United States collegiate Sugar Bowl game, which was held in New Orleans.
In 1956, Pitt's Bobby Grier (pictured carrying the ball) was the first to break the Sugar Bowl's color-barrier. The game was a high caliber defensive game. The two teams gave up a combined 7 points, on 453 combined yards. Georgia Tech was held without any points the remaining three quarters of the game, and ended up winning by a 7–0 margin.
The shorthand phrase for this is "breaking the color barrier". [1] [2] The world of sports generally is invoked in the frequently cited example of Jackie Robinson, who became the first African American of the modern era to become a Major League Baseball player in 1947, after 60 years of segregated Negro leagues. [3]
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Alvin Dewayne Bailey (born August 26, 1991) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Arkansas . He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2013.
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1967 NFL Championship Game. The coldest NFL game ever played, with a wind chill of −36 °F (−38 °C). [11] Heidi Game: November 17, 1968 New York Jets: 32–43 Oakland Raiders: Broadcaster NBC's choice broke coverage in the East Coast to broadcast the television film Heidi, causing many viewers to miss the Raiders' two-touchdown comeback ...