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Thursday, March 5, 2026

Jerome Holland (#86) was the first African American to play football for Cornell University. (Courtesy of Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)

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Jerome Holland (#86) was the first African American to play football for Cornell University. (Courtesy of Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)