The Celtics-Nets game tonight starts at 9:05. And the Dons’ “director of publicity” was a young guy named Pete Rozelle. Toler became the NFL’s first black referee. Ten players from that team went on to the NFL, five made the Pro Bowl and three, including Matson, are in the Hall of Fame. To their everlasting credit, they told the Orange Bowl to go to hell. Because the SEC would not play against an integrated team, the Orange Bowl extended an invitation to the Dons - but only if they left Matson and Toler at home. They probably were one of the best teams of all time - but did not play in a major bowl because the squad included Ollie Matson and Burt Toler, both black. Here’s a film I recommend even though it hasn’t been made yet.Ī script is being written now based on a book called Undefeated, Untied and Uninvited, the story of the 1951 San Francisco Dons college football team.
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Instead, expect an increase in security - and this movie will remind us why. Don’t expect the league’s security measures to decrease anytime soon. However, this movie may be good for the NFL in one way. That movie felt like make-believe then The Sum of All Fears may feel alarmingly close to reality now. Here’s a clever move - they hired retired NFL ref Jerry Markbreit as a consultant and put his well-known face on the screen.Įasy to understand the NFL’s qualms, unlike when the league allowed footage to be shot at an actual Super Bowl in the ’70s for the filming of Black Sunday in which the game was attacked by blimp.
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