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50 years later: Condredge Holloway’s history making moment and how he helped change college football in the Southeast forever

As Tennessee returns to the state of Georgia this weekend, we remember Condredge Holloway, the first black quarterback in the SEC

As we close in on the first weekend in November, this Saturday promises to be one of the most important games in Tennessee football’s history as the Vols head to Athens to take on Kirby Smart’s Bulldogs. As the team returns to the state of Georgia, however, it was 50 years ago that something immeasurably more important happened, something that should always be honored and remembered as it changed the SEC forever.

On January 25, 1954, Condredge Holloway was born to parents Condredge Sr.