I’m trying to identify who this African American @UMichFootball player is from 1918. Original photo here: http://bit.ly/2nRmzba #UMich200pic.twitter.com/ZL97pOs5Ag
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I’m trying to identify who this African American @UMichFootball player is from 1918. Original photo here: http://bit.ly/2nRmzba #UMich200pic.twitter.com/ZL97pOs5Ag
Hmm. According to this, Yost banned African American players throughout his years as coach 1901-23 1925-26 https://heritage.umich.edu/stories/lonely-as-hell/ …
Yeah, and he is not in any of the team photographs on the Wikipedia page. http://bit.ly/2nJk5Pi
I'm now curious who this black person is next to Yost: http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl006603/BL006603?lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;resnum=2;size=50;sort=dc_ti;start=1;subview=detail;view=entry;xc=1;rgn1=dc_ti;select1=all;q1=football+1918 … @612to651 @meghansitarpic.twitter.com/krc8vYUZiD
In the early days of football, most pro teams, major colleges had "trainers", Black locker attendants
This one from 1917 varsity team; the only one wearing a helmet http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?id=S-BHL-X-BL010414%5DBL010414 … @bijancbayne @612to651 @meghansitarpic.twitter.com/a6s37htOo8
.@aurabogado @612to651 @meghansitar Geo. Jewett played for Michigan as early as 1890. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jewett …
I checked several black newspapers and the only references from that era is Smith from MAC
1916, the Ann Arbor Times mentions that star athlete Steve Hopkins was going to enroll.pic.twitter.com/glsvu1aYwl
CC: @TyranKai (wanted to make sure you saw Dr. Moore's tweet). @loumoore12 @bijancbayne
yep, the bit i looked up intrigued me. boxer, motorcycles, firefighter and wanted to go to Howard and UM
you think it's possible he made it to Ann Arbor in Fall 16?
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