re: Why Did Bear Bryant Wait Seven Years to Integrate Bama Football?

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Only because freshmen couldn't play.

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Cunningham's impact was a myth, because sitting in the stands that night when USC trounced the Tide 42-21 was Wilbur Jackson, a black freshman running back for Alabama. He was not playing because freshmen were ineligible in those days. Bryant had already integrated his team by recruiting Jackson, who was signed Dec. 13, 1969, by assistant coach Pat Dye, who would later be head coach at Auburn.

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