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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.
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.
George Jewett played at the University of Michigan from 1890-1893. He played against teams coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg and John Heisman. After he graduated, he attended Northwestern and played for them as a grad student.
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1969: Leonard George and Willie B. Jackson became the first black football players signed.
Dennis Franklin is known as being the first black quarterback for the University of Michigan Wolverines.
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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