1956 Sugar Bowl
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1956-sugar-bowl-183-14400724
title:
1956 Sugar Bowl
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The 1956 Sugar Bowl featured the 7th ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and the 11th ranked Pittsburgh Panthers. The game was played on January 2, since New Year's Day was a Sunday. Much controversy preceded the 1956 Sugar Bowl. Segregationists and Georgia governor Marvin Griffin used all his political power in an attempt to keep Pitt fullback/linebacker Bobby Grier from playing because he was black. But ultimately, Bobby Grier played making this the first integrated Sugar Bowl and is the first
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College football game
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Sugar_Bowl
date created:
2008-05-25T07:44:54Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T03:44:39Z
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