Ben Williams signed to a scholarship in 1972
Nat Northington, who attended the University of Kentucky, was the first African American to play in a football game for an SEC school. The year was 1967 and the game was against the University of Mississippi.
Nat Northington, who attended the University of Kentucky, was the first African American to play in a football game for an SEC school. The year was 1967 and the game was against the University of Mississippi
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Joe James
The first black football player in the SEC played for The University of Tennessee
Receiver Lester McClain in 1968.
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Leonard George and Willy Jackson were the first African Americans to play for Florida.
1969: Leonard George and Willie B. Jackson became the first black football players signed.
In 1962 James Meredith became the first African-American student to be admitted to the University of Mississippi.
James Meredith was the first black person to attend college in 1962 at the University of Mississippi.
Frank "Silent Frank" Hinkey was the first player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was inducted in 1951 and was an end for Yale University.