We Are Penn State

I was watching the PENN STATE SHOW this morning and it had a good story, the video is as close as I could find…the man in this piece was first recuited by Miami… when he wrote and told Miami he was black they took back the scholarship. He was picked up by Penn State. The Miami story is mentioned in clip. That year they went onto the Cotton Bowl, he was the first black player to play in the Cotton Bowl. After the bowl game they called a meeting and another player said, “What are we to do about playing teams that don’t allow blacks to play on their field” and then another player said, “Well, we are Penn State”. That is what “We Are-Penn State” chant statement came from. Wally Triplett was the first black to play in the Cotton Bowl, the first black to be drafted by the NFL, and the first black NFL player to be drafted into the Korean War.