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re: ESPN 30 for 30: Ghosts of Ole Miss
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:42 pm to CapstoneGrad06
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:42 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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One of the most misunderstood stories about Bryant. The team was already integrated. Wilbur Jakson was a freshman in 1970. However, he was ineligible under NCAA rules on freshmen at the time. There were also multiple "test cases" of African-American walk-ons as early as 1966.
When Alabama played USC in the Los Angeles the next year (1971), an African-American JuCo transfer in John Mitchell was a big part of the win.
That makes sense because I can't find any instances where a segregated SEC team even played an integrated team. Were the SEC teams even allowed to play against an integrated team? I don't think Pistol Pete ever played against a black player in college.
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Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:47 pm to RedHawk
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That makes sense because I can't find any instances where a segregated SEC team even played an integrated team. Were the SEC teams even allowed to play against an integrated team? I don't think Pistol Pete ever played against a black player in college.
Alabama played a more inter-sectional schedule after 1971. So that would make sense. But I'm not completely sure. Bowl matchups with Missouri and Nebraska in the 1960s might have brought those matchups.
Posted on 10/30/12 at 8:57 pm to RedHawk
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That makes sense because I can't find any instances where a segregated SEC team even played an integrated team. Were the SEC teams even allowed to play against an integrated team? I don't think Pistol Pete ever played against a black player in college.
5 months and one week after the events described in this documentary transpired:
No, we were not "allowed" to play integrated teams at the time... Game of Change
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