• George Flippin (February 8, 1868 – May 15, 1929) was an American football left halfback and a medical doctor in Nebraska. He was the first star player...
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  • Lucy Lee Flippin is an American actress. Flippin was born in Philadelphia and raised in Douglassville, Pennsylvania. She attended Northwestern University...
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    when Missouri forfeited to protest the presence of African-American George Flippin on Nebraska's roster. The Cornhuskers lead the series 65–36–3. Nebraska...
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    Nebraska, George Flippin played for Crawford and became the first African-American athlete in Nebraska history. However, in 1893, Flippin was voted team...
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    same time, the University of Nebraska football team had on its roster George Flippin, the son of a slave, beginning in 1891. Nebraska's football team featured...
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    four-member city council. Lynn Boden, professional football player George Flippin MD, doctor and American football player Idael Makeever, poet Charles...
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  • 1893 season, Nebraska hired its first paid football coach. Starters George Flippin, Nebraska's first black player and only the fifth black athlete at a...
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    refused to play due to the presence of African-American George Flippin on Nebraska's roster. Flippin was NU's first African-American athlete, and only the...
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    because the Missouri team, which was segregated, refused to play against George Flippin, an African-American Nebraska Player. The rivalry was competitive through...
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    Nebraska opened the first half with 22 unanswered points. NU halfbacks George Flippin, the first African American to play football for Nebraska, and James...
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