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Lou Montgomery ’41, the first Black student-athlete in ɬÀï·¬ÏÂÔØ history, was an outstanding running back on the ɬÀï·¬ÏÂÔØ football team. But because of the era’s Jim Crow laws, Montgomery was barred from playing games in the South, including the 1941 Sugar Bowl, in which ɬÀï·¬ÏÂÔØ played the University of Tennessee in New Orleans. At the urging of his teammates, however, Montgomery traveled by train with the team to New Orleans anyway, pictured here. Montgomery was posthumously inducted into the ɬÀï·¬ÏÂÔØ Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1997, and his jersey was retired at Alumni Stadium in 2012. To learn about other significant Black figures from ɬÀï·¬ÏÂÔØ history, read Mapping Black History at ɬÀï·¬ÏÂÔØ.Ìýâ—½