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Article: USF football team honored for stand against racism.(University of San Francisco )
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- Diverse Issues in Higher Education
- Article date:
- June 15, 2006
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SAN FRANCISCO
Some have called it the best college football team ever. Nine of its players were drafted, five played in the National Football League's Pro Bowl and three are enshired in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
But this University of San Francisco squad never got the chance to cap off its 1951 undefeated season with a postseason bowl game win because it refused to leave behind its two Black players. In honor of the team's bold stand against racism, the university awarded an honorary degree to that 1951 team during the school's commencement last month.
"The team member exemplify the values that remain at the core of USF's identify as a ...