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Wally Triplett, the first Black draftee to play in the NFL, and a letter that changed everything

Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star Comments Off on Wally Triplett, the first Black draftee to play in the NFL, and a letter that changed everything

When Miami rescinded a scholarship offer after learning Wally Triplett was Black, he kept that letter to remind him what people said he couldn't do.

     
Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star
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