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Pitt football pioneer Bobby Grier, 1st Black player in the Sugar Bowl, dies at 91
Pittsburgh Post Gazette/TNS
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JERRY DIPAOLA The Tribune-Review, Greensburg/TNS  
July 9, 2024

Pitt football pioneer Bobby Grier, 1st Black player in the Sugar Bowl, dies at 91

Robert “Bobby” Grier Sr., who was a fullback, linebacker and defensive back at Pitt but more significantly a civil rights pioneer in the 1950s, has died. Grier, who was 91,

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