Samford basketball players at a pep rally celebration, 1969
From left to right: Robert Flowers, Jim Hand, Gary Pate, Carl Zimmermanm, Ricky Nolen, Otha Mitchell, Herbert Luker, Randy Long, Sherman Hogan, Cal Campbell, Billy Williams, Rod Behrens, Phil Schumacher, Bill Stevens, Joe Sova, Frank Starkey. In 1969, Samford became the first major university in Ala...
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| Summary: | From left to right: Robert Flowers, Jim Hand, Gary Pate, Carl Zimmermanm, Ricky Nolen, Otha Mitchell, Herbert Luker, Randy Long, Sherman Hogan, Cal Campbell, Billy Williams, Rod Behrens, Phil Schumacher, Bill Stevens, Joe Sova, Frank Starkey. In 1969, Samford became the first major university in Alabama to integrate its sports teams when three African-American junior college transfers�Sherman Hogan, Otha Mitchell, and Billy Williams�joined the basketball team. |
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