Michael,Hurd In 1892, the men of Biddle University met their counterparts form nearby Livingstone College for a match game of ball on a snowcovered field in Salisbury, North Carolina, 23 years after Princeton and Rutgers had inaugurated college football. The Biddle and Livingstone players had no idea they were pioneering the sport for black colleges, yet thats exactly what they did on December 27 of that year. Biddle took a controversial 40 decision and football at black colleges was off and running. This book documents the players, coaches, schools, and other entitles which have participated in this rich athletic history which recently celebrated its centennial. 215x279, ,192 pages, soft cover

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