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Former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback interviews Coach Kirby Smart on National Signing Day on February 3, 2016. Shockley, a broadcaster with experience with ESPN and the SEC Network was chosen in July 2021 to be the Bulldogs sideline reporter and host…

The Red & Black celebrates Harvard's 0-6 lss to Yale because of the particpation of William H. Lewis, one of the very first Black football players. Lewis was the first Black player named an All-American and would go on to a distinguised career as a…

Portrait photograph of Pleas "Clegg" Starks.

A photo of Pleas "Clegg" Starks holding a bucket.

DJ Shockley was the first Black quarterback to lead the Georgia Bulldogs to an SEC title. He lead the Bulldogs to a 34-14 over LSU in the SEC Championship Game in the Georgia Dome on December 3, 2005.

In 1982, Harold Wright is named the first Black drum major for the Redcoat Band.

Herschel Walker was the Georgia Bulldogs' first Black All-American (1980, 1981, and 1982) and the first Black Heisman Trophy winner from an SEC school (1982).

Calvin Jones was hired by men's basketball coach John Guthrie to be an assistant coach for the 1975-76 season, making him the first Black assistant coach at Georgia. Jones, a highly successful high school coach at Atlanta's Carver High, also worked…

Redcoat Band director Roger Dancz dropped the song "Dixie" from the band's repertoire in 1971. Dancz also changed the name of the band from the 'Dixie Redcoat Band' to the 'Redcoat Band'. This was done to ease tensions surrounding the integration of…

Headline of the Sports section of the Athens Banner-Herald newspaper announcing the signing of Richard Appleby, Horace King, and the tryout of Clarence Pope.