The University of San Francisco’s starting lineup: Bill Russell, seated front center; and left to right, K.C. Jones, Mike Farmer, Carl Boldt and Hal Perry.
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University of San Francisco broke unwritten ‘two black max’ rule to win NCAA in the 1950s
During NCAA basketball’s early years, there was a “gentleman’s agreement” not to play more than two African-American players at a time. Fortunately, not everyone shared that same bigoted mindset.
