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The Army Black Knights celebrate their 17-10 win last Saturday over the Navy Midshipmen.

The Army Black Knights celebrate their 17-10 win last Saturday over the Navy Midshipmen.

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Gary Steele,Calvin Huey broke color barrier on Army-Navy football teams

The U.S. Military Academy’s football team, Army, is known as the Black Knights, but it wasn’t until 1966 it had its first African-American player. Gary Steele, a military brat whose father was a Buffalo Solider, broke the color barrier in West Point, N.Y., as a star tight end.