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Identifier	Centennial_00839
Title	Bill English
Creator	Unknown
Date Created	circa 1950s
Subject (Topic)	College football players--California--Los Angeles
Subject (Name)	English, Bill; Loyola University of Los Angeles
Type	Image
Form/Genre	Photographs; Portrait photographs
Physical Description	1 photograph: black and white
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Statement	https://library.lmu.edu/policies&procedures/librarycopyrightpolicy/
Copyright Holder	Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	Loyola Marymount University Archives
Item/Call Number	Photoprints 7D09/3
Historical Background	In 1950, Loyola University football team forfeited a game to Texas Western College because the Southern school did not allow African American players to compete and would have excluded football player Bill English from the game. Father Charles Casassa reportedly stated: “All play or none play.”
Additional Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Project note	Centennial