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  2. Jerry LeVias - Wikipedia

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    This struggle was placed amongst the context of other efforts across the nation to desegregate college football. The first African American to ever play in a football game in the SWC was John Hill Westbrook from Baylor University on September 10, 1966, vs. Syracuse University; LeVias's first game was a week later vs. Illinois.

  3. Nate Northington - Wikipedia

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    Nathaniel "Nate" Northington (born 1947) was the first African-American to play college football in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). [1] He became the first black scholarship athlete to play in an athletic contest of any kind in the SEC when his University of Kentucky Wildcats opened their 1967 season against Indiana in Bloomington, Indiana on September 23 of that year.

  4. Bucky Richardson - Wikipedia

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    Richardson attended Broadmoor High School in Baton Rouge, LA, where he starred in both baseball and football.He played collegiately at Texas A&M and made an immediate impact as a freshman coming off the bench and making his first appearance for the Aggies against Southern Miss and future NFL star Brett Favre, Richardson led the Aggies to a road victory in Jackson when he broke away in the ...

  5. Timeline of African-American firsts - Wikipedia

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    First African-American baseball player to be named the Major League Baseball World Series MVP: Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals [242] Shirley Chisholm First African American to graduate from the University of San Francisco: Dr. Mary Edna Davidson

  6. Six percent of MLB players are Black. How baseball got here ...

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    The myth that Black kids don’t want to play baseball. Wyatt’s roster has 15 players, five of whom are Black, including sophomore catcher Jorvorskie Lane Jr. His father played football at Texas ...

  7. Julius Whittier - Wikipedia

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    Campbell named Donnie Little, who was the first Black quarterback at Texas, Roosevelt Leaks, Raymond Clayborn and Ricky Williams as players for whom Whittier paved the way. [6] "Julius paved the road that gave us the opportunity," said Roosevelt Leaks, who was the first black football player from Texas to earn All-American and All-Conference ...

  8. Condredge Holloway - Wikipedia

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    Holloway starred as a high school baseball player at Lee High School in Huntsville, where he was named to the ABCA High School All-America Baseball Team. [2] He was selected as a shortstop by the Montreal Expos in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft. [3] Holloway was Montreal's first pick, and he was the fourth player selected overall. [4]

  9. List of Texas A&M University people - Wikipedia

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    The term Texas Aggie, which comes from Texas A&M's history as an agricultural school, refers to students and alumni of Texas A&M. The class year of each alumnus indicates the projected undergraduate degree award year designation, although the actual year may differ. At Texas A&M and within its student culture, the term "former student" is more ...