Front Row, from left: Gary Pate, Cal Campbell, Billy Williams, Robert Flowers, Frank Starkey, Carl Zimmerman, Jim Hand. Back Row, from left: Coach Carl Taylor, Bill Stevens, Joe Sova, Herbert Luker, Ricky Nolen, Rod Behrens, Sherman Hogan, Randy Long, Otha Mitchell, Phil Schumacher, Coach Van Washer. 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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