[Herky] http://now.uiowa.edu/2015/02/old-gold-ui-football-player-1890s-one-first-sport-break-color-barrier

[Keith Voigts]

Nice story, Jim. 

 

According to the biography of John Heisman, back in those days players did not have to be students at the university, often played for 6 or 7 years for the same team, and in a normal year 15-20 players died from football injuries.

 

Georgia Tech and Yale were powerhouses, and teams from the “West” were considered to be in the minor leagues.

 

Keith L. Voigts

Wiseman Technologies, Inc.

 

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