Michael oher
The first African American Division 1 head football coach was Willie Jeffries at Wichita State in 1979.
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.
Edward Alexander Bouchet was the First African-American to earn a Ph.D. and The first African-American to graduate from Yale University.
John Dobbins
Patrick healy of georgetown university
Leonard George and Willy Jackson were the first African Americans to play for Florida.
Levi Jackson was the first African-American football captain at Yale University, and the first African-American executive at Ford Motor Company.
HB Jimmy Joe Robinson in 1945.
1969: Leonard George and Willie B. Jackson became the first black football players signed.
Jim brown
The first American football game filmed was between the University of Michigan and the University of Chicago in 1904. Click on the 'First Filmed American Football Game' link on this page to read about the game.
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The first African American Division 1 head football coach was Willie Jeffries at Wichita State in 1979.
Wide receiver Darryl Hill of the University of Maryland in 1963 in a game against North Carolina State.
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
Ernie Davis