Tuscaloosa native Sylvester Croom Jr. was among the first African American players on Bear Bryant's University of Alabama football team in the early 1970s. Croom took the helm of the Mississippi State University football program in 2003, becoming the first African American head football coach in the Southeastern Conference.
Sylvester Croom Jr.
Courtesy of the Paul W. Bryant Museum, University of Alabama
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