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The following pages link to 16th transcript block in Roses of Crimson documentary (Q14855):
View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- At nearly every major college across the country, (Q14296) (← links)
- football was a sport for white players only. (Q14297) (← links)
- Still there were a few exceptions. (Q14298) (← links)
- Northern teams like Dartmouth, Northwestern and Rutgers often featured talented African Americans at key positions. (Q14299) (← links)
- So as you get African American athletes on teams alot of Southern teams don't know what to do. (Q14300) (← links)
- They don't know whether to play them or not play them. (Q14301) (← links)
- Curiously enough, some did, some refused. (Q14302) (← links)
- It was even more of a problem when the Northern teams scheme South and the rule of Thumb was if you come South, (Q14303) (← links)
- don't bring your black players. (Q14304) (← links)
- Back in 1915, a Chicago born African American running back named Fritz Pollard, (Q14305) (← links)
- led Brown University to the Rose Bowl and became the first man of his race. (Q14306) (← links)
- Named to the All American team. (Q14307) (← links)
- Blocking for Pollard at right guard, (Q14308) (← links)
- was a feisty Southerner known at Brown as Wally Wade. (Q14309) (← links)
- In 24 years as a southern head coach, (Q14310) (← links)
- Wallace Wade would never could never recruit a black player, (Q14311) (← links)
- but he and Fritz Pollard became close friends. (Q14312) (← links)
- Wade believed Pollard was the greatest running back he'd ever seen. (Q14313) (← links)
- But that was before the 1925 season. (Q14314) (← links)
- Roses of Crimson (Q14890) (← links)
