Lora Hinton, the first Black football player at Louisiana State University attended and was recognized along with nine other former athletes. The storied athletic history of Black players who ...

An Athens organization recently honored the first Black football player at the University of Georgia. Atlanta native James "Jim" Hurley made history when he walked onto UGA's freshman football team.

In 1971, Lora Hinton, Jr. became the first Black scholarship football player at LSU. However, there were players and community members that were furious that he was allowed to join the team.

ATHENS, Ga. - An Athens organization will honor the University of Georgia's first Black football player with a special ceremony this week. The Athens branch of the Association for the Study of ...

SHELBY – The first Black professional football player will be honored once again on Monday with Charles Follis Day. Nicknamed "The Black Cyclone," the Wooster resident played for the Shelby ...

LSU football honored a group of its Black scholarship football players during the first quarter of its game against Georgia State on Saturday. The 10 former athletes who were present — Edmund ...

Black players had previously represented ... as well as the First Division – the old name for the top-flight of English football – with Nottingham Forest and the FA Cup and Football League ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A former Pitt football player and the first Black player to play in the Sugar Bow, Bobby Grier has died at age 91, according to the University of Pittsburgh. Grier played ...

James Hurley, the first Black player to make the University of Georgia football team’s roster, will be honored at an award ceremony on Sept. 29. According to Fox 5 Atlanta, the Association for ...