What the hell are you talking about. He played in the 1960's and the NFL was fully integrated by then, with Grambling sending more players to the NFL than LSU or Alabama.

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Seriously though, he had it easy. Have you ever watched an old football game. It's almost comical how slow the game was.

And those old players would have benefitted from modern medicine, nutrition, training and PED's just as much as today's players do.

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Posted by lsutigers1992

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Posted on 2/3/15 at 7:22 am to trackfan

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What the hell are you talking about. He played in the 1960's and the NFL was fully integrated by then, with Grambling sending more players to the NFL than LSU or Alabama.

Not to mention that he played with Willie Wood, Herb Adderley, Lionel Aldridge, Elijah Pitts, Dave Robinson, etc..

And if you think he had it easy because he had Hornung and Taylor, remember that he had to run Vince Lombardi's team. He was one of the most demanding and unforgiving coaches ever. He'd bench you if you didn't do your job. He'd trade you if you'd request a pay raise. The fact that he survived for a decade under him and never faced any issues, benchings or discipline is amazing.

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Posted by Kafka

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Posted on 2/3/15 at 8:59 pm to trackfan

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Bart Starr didn't play against black people.
What the hell are you talking about. He played in the 1960's and the NFL was fully integrated by then, with Grambling sending more players to the NFL than LSU or Alabama

Graham also played with and against blacks -- he was a teammate of the great Marion Motley -- though not to the extent Starr did.

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