Texas Loses A Trailblazer: RIP Julius Whittier

Photo by Rick Kern/Getty Images for Ford Motor CompanyI’m reposting this article I wrote to let Whittier speaks to all of us in his own words. Thanks for reading. — Hook ‘em, Paul Wadlington

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Julius Whittier was the first African-American player to letter at Texas in football and among the first to receive a scholarship in 1969. That it happened so late is mind-boggling, but Whittier’s description of his experience here (below) confirms that it was long overdue.

Whittier made the most of his time at Texas going 20-1 in SWC play during his three years lettering, majored in philosophy, got his masters at the LBJ school, and completed his law degree at Texas. He went on to be a senior…