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LEVIAS 2:10
SOF COMING
SMUts Jerry Levias, first negro to receive an athletic
scholarship in the Southwest Conference, is getting to
feel a little like Greta Garbo. He just wants to be
left alone. Says he needs to concentrate on his
studies and on the Mustangst game with Georgia in the
Cotton Bowl. But for one reason or another, Jerry's
name keeps popping up on the sports pages. And not
necessarily because of his football exploits, which are
indeed impressive. A few weeks back, SMU coach Hayden
verbal
Fry told newsmen Levias had been subjected to X
1VW abuse from oppossing players in two conference
games. He also said star pass a had been re.
ceiving hate letters and derogatory telephone calls.
After the Mustangs' final game, against TCU in Fort
Worth, Fort Worth police confirmed they had received
a report that an attempt on Jerry's life would be made
during the ball game, and that - additional officers
were assigned to the stadium as a precautionary measure.(MORE)
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Levias], item, December 7, 1966; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc987058/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.