Running back Chester Pittman in 1957 on the freshman team and 1958 on the varsity team.
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Joe James
Walter trull
The first black football player in the SEC played for The University of Tennessee
Receiver Lester McClain in 1968.
Justin Miller-1972-76
Ben Williams signed to a scholarship in 1972
The first African American football player at Brown was Edward Stewart who was a backup on the 1894 varsity squad.
Julius Whittier was the first African American to letter in football at the University of Texas. The year was 1970.
Oklahoma State University
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.