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rurallib

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4. One of my favorite stories about Fry was from his SMU days
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 10:32 AM
Dec 2019

{BTW - did you know that Lee Iacocca named his new car after the SMU Mustangs? He so liked the way Fry's team ran the ball he thought Mustang would capture the idea of the car}

Fry integrated the old Southwestern Conference with a running back named Jerry Levias. Before the first game Levias was scared that he would be a huge target because of his skin color. He went to Fry with his concern. Fry suggested giving him a different number. Levias bought it. Thus the Southwestern Conference was integrated.

That was a story Jim Zabel used to tell. Hope I got it right. Most of it is true, anyway.

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