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December 23, 2005
The integration of the University of Texas football program
When the University of Texas plays USC for the BCS National Football Championship in the Rose Bowl on January 4, 2006, the Longhorn football team will be attempting to win its first undisputed national football title since 1969, which happened to be the last all-white college football team to win the national football championship.
This NY Times article tells the story about the integration of the Texas football program, including the not well-known story of how former Major League Baseball player and manager Don Baylor almost became the first black football player at the University of Texas in the mid-1960's, how former President Lyndon Johnson used to help recruit football players for UT, and the interesting story of Julius Whittier, the first black student-athlete to play football at the University of Texas.
Posted by Tom at December 23, 2005 08:27 AM
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