In 1941 UB football

[Buffalo716]

And Leeland Jones Broke the color barrier in college football south of the Mason Dixon line

 

https://mobile.twitter.com/UBFootball/status/1096117497751891969?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^tweet

 

here is to more historic firsts to UB next season

 

Horns Up ?

[The Senator]

 

Another great UB story - in 1958 the entire team boycotted the Tangerine Bowl over the refusal to let UB’s two black players, Willie Evans and Mike Wilson, participate...

 

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2008/12/31/the-bowl-team-that-wasn-principle-led-university-buffalo-boycott-tangerine-bowl/n69A1vfs5aieeXPZRWftQJ/story.html

 

 

GO BULLS!!!!

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[Buffalo716]

9 hours ago, The Senator said:

 

Another great UB story - in 1958 the entire team boycotted the Tangerine Bowl over the refusal to let UB’s two black players, Willie Evans and Mike Wilson, participate...

 

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2008/12/31/the-bowl-team-that-wasn-principle-led-university-buffalo-boycott-tangerine-bowl/n69A1vfs5aieeXPZRWftQJ/story.html

 

 

GO BULLS!!!!

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UB retells that story yearly . They really were ahead of their time 

 

i had never heard that story about the 41 Bulls

[The Senator]

3 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

UB retells that story yearly . They really were ahead of their time 

 

I guess that’s why I remembered it, but still surprised to read about it in the Boston Globe

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3 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

i had never heard that story about the 41 Bulls

 

Nor I - UB was/is  certainly a progressive institution

 

Horns up!!! ?? 

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[Buffalo716]

1 minute ago, The Senator said:

 

I guess that’s why I remembered it, but still surprised to read about it in the Boston Globe

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Nor I - UB was/is  certainly a progressive institution

 

Horns up!!! ?? 

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Horns up ?

[Formerly Allan in MD]

On 2/22/2019 at 5:57 AM, The Senator said:

 

Another great UB story - in 1958 the entire team boycotted the Tangerine Bowl over the refusal to let UB’s two black players, Willie Evans and Mike Wilson, participate...

 

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/colleges/2008/12/31/the-bowl-team-that-wasn-principle-led-university-buffalo-boycott-tangerine-bowl/n69A1vfs5aieeXPZRWftQJ/story.html

 

 

GO BULLS!!!!

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I remember it well.  UB made a national impression, especially since there were not many bowl games at that time.