Luther Carr

GrundleStiltzkin

http://sportspressnw.com/2186734/2014/wayback-machine-luther-carrs-life-well-lived

Sports Press does these Wayback Machine articles occasionally, which I enjoy for the history & football together. I only knew the name Luther Carr.

TierbsHsotBoobs

*thud*

GrundleStiltzkin

Your my favorite deep shaft minor.

RaceBannon

When sportswriting was cool

In its afternoon edition of May 15, 1955, The Seattle Times printed a headline on the first page of its sports section that blared, “Colleges Drool As Tacoma Ace Adds Track Laurels.” Sans byline, the story reported without equivocation, “Luther (Hit and Run) Carr, Lincoln High’s greatest athlete, is the biggest sensation in Tacoma since the collapse of the Narrows Bridge.”

And racist