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re: Was Joe Nagata the first non-white SEC scholarship football player?
Posted on 7/17/22 at 5:10 pm to Darsh
Posted on 7/17/22 at 5:10 pm to Darsh
Joe was a starter on the 1943 team.
The LSU team lost all its best players to the US rotc programs, Tulane got Dub Jones (Navy), ULL got Dark (Marines), LSU had Army and the army banned it players from playing.
The 1943 was going to be loaded with talent, and only got to keep Steve (who should have been an All American in 43).
As the Miami paper said after the Orange bowl, forget everything you have seen about All American's, Steve Van Buren is the best college football player in America.
The LSU team lost all its best players to the US rotc programs, Tulane got Dub Jones (Navy), ULL got Dark (Marines), LSU had Army and the army banned it players from playing.
The 1943 was going to be loaded with talent, and only got to keep Steve (who should have been an All American in 43).
As the Miami paper said after the Orange bowl, forget everything you have seen about All American's, Steve Van Buren is the best college football player in America.
This post was edited on 7/17/22 at 5:15 pm
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Posted on 7/17/22 at 5:33 pm to tigger1
Joe Nagata was impressive in many respects and he was an American
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