From the 1920s until 1947, few African-American players were allowed in major college programs.

However, the team is invited only if they agree not to bring their one African-American player.

He was the first African-American player to win the award.

"It was a place the African-American players liked to eat when we played down there."

He is widely considered to have been the greatest African-American player of the 19th century.

Many potential African-American players leave the game at 13, when it becomes too expensive.

He paid no attention to race, and brought several African-American players onto the team at a time when many northern schools excluded them.

"I was thinking about all the great African-American players who never got a chance to play there."

He was also the first African-American player in the team's history.

At the time, he was one of a few African-American players in private colleges.