Thread: RIP Dick Groat.
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Old 04-28-2023, 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth View Post
Interesting that Temple had a Black player back then, I could be wrong but he must have been one of the first to integrate that sport at least at a major college level.

Looked up Groat's stats. Interesting that his metrics were much lower than I expected, only 58th at SS by JAWS.


His name was Sam Sylvester. Here is the story about that game:

https://goduke.com/news/2011/2/23/205102054.aspx
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