Earl Campbell: The last all-white team to win the National Championship was Texas in 1969 against Arkansas. Seeing as you were playing in the immediate following decade when integration was occurring in collegiate football, did you have any misgivings at all about playing at UT? Were there ever times where discrimination proved to be too much and you considered quitting? Conversely, do you have any memories of others reaching out to actively striving to break down racial barriers?
Tim Brown: Not a question exactly but just wanted to say I'm a Woodrow grad and my favorite hat is a Woodrow Wilson hat signed by you. Did you have any notion while playing at Woodrow that you would someday be a Heisman trophy winner? If not, when did that first "it" feeling of "I am one of the best in college football right now" occur for you?
To all: To what or whom do you contribute helped you the most to win the Heisman? Yourself? Parents? Inspirational coaches?
Thank you to you all for taking the time to answer our questions.
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Earl Campbell: The last all-white team to win the National Championship was Texas in 1969 against Arkansas. Seeing as you were playing in the immediate following decade when integration was occurring in collegiate football, did you have any misgivings at all about playing at UT? Were there ever times where discrimination proved to be too much and you considered quitting? Conversely, do you have any memories of others reaching out to actively striving to break down racial barriers?
Tim Brown: Not a question exactly but just wanted to say I'm a Woodrow grad and my favorite hat is a Woodrow Wilson hat signed by you. Did you have any notion while playing at Woodrow that you would someday be a Heisman trophy winner? If not, when did that first "it" feeling of "I am one of the best in college football right now" occur for you?
To all: To what or whom do you contribute helped you the most to win the Heisman? Yourself? Parents? Inspirational coaches?
Thank you to you all for taking the time to answer our questions.
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