Front Row, from left: Cal Campbell, Billy Williams, Bill Stevens, Joe Sova, Phil Schumacher, Frank Starkey, Carl Zimmerman. Back row, from left: Jim Hand, Coach Carl Taylor, Herbert Luker, Ricky Nolen, Rod Behrens, Robert Flowers, Sherman Hogan, Randy Long, Otha Mitchell, Coach Van Washer, Gary Pate. In 1969, Samford became the first major university in Alabama to integrate its sports teams when three African-American junior college transfers�Sherman Hogan, Otha Mitchell, and Billy Williams�joined the basketball team.
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