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The 1939 UCLA Backfield Unmatched in History

February 10th, 2011 - 3:39pm by jim_saccomanoOther posts by

This is Black History Month, and many tributes are made daily to various outstanding individuals of African-American ancestry, all very deserving and in many cases, very well known.

One of the most honored individuals, with complete justification of course, is Jackie Robinson, who broke the baseball color barrier in major league baseball and after a sterling 10-year career took his place in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

A lot of people even know that Jackie Robinson played college football at UCLA.

But as the late radio announcer Paul Harvey would often intone, that is not the rest of the story.

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