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[QUOTE="g kushner, post: 2516073, member: 233"]
Lets clear the air.  I was Stoneys partial backup as a freshman (a very unenviable position) as he was quarterback, safety and punter and all I did was tackle people.  We also had a black single wing fullback on the team who I hated tackling.  He was a real stud but ran leaning to far forward a could be brought down if you hit him low.  Avatus,to my knowledge, had a very good reputation on campus and the bad rap went to somebody else who came slightly later and shall go UN-named but, remember, this was 1949 and early 50's and a lot of things were looked at differently.  The varsity quaterback then was Bernie Custis, a black guy who could throw a jump pass 50 yards.  He and a white running back,I believe Bob Young, were designated as unhittable during scrimmages as they were the core of the varsity.  Back then we had freshmen, who couldn't play varsity and a JV team as well.  The freshmen scrimmaged the varsity as we were loaded (by the new coach Ben)and were competitive.  Also check out Sidat Singh (sp) who was a black varsity QB in the late 30's.  Great story
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