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1956 Rose Bowl

Index 1956 Rose Bowl

The 1956 Rose Bowl game, played on January 2, 1956, was the 42nd Rose Bowl game. [1]

24 relations: Boand System, Bobby Grier (American football), Duffy Daugherty, Earl Morrall, Encyclopædia Britannica, Henry Russell Sanders, Marvin Griffin, Mel Allen, Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band, Montgomery bus boycott, NBC, Pasadena, California, Rosa Parks, Rose Bowl (stadium), Rose Bowl Game, Sam Balter, Sports Illustrated, UCLA Bruin Marching Band, UCLA–USC rivalry, Walt Kowalczyk, Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing, 1954 Rose Bowl, 1956 Sugar Bowl, 2008 Rose Bowl.

Boand System

The Boand System was a system for determining the college football national championship.

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Bobby Grier (American football)

Bobby Grier (born 1933) was the first African American football player to break the color barrier of the United States collegiate Sugar Bowl game, in 1956, which is held in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Duffy Daugherty

Hugh Duffy Daugherty (September 8, 1915 – September 25, 1987) was an American football player and coach.

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Earl Morrall

Earl Edwin Morrall (May 17, 1934 – April 25, 2014) was an American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for twenty-one seasons.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Henry Russell Sanders

Henry Russell "Red" Sanders (May 7, 1905 – August 14, 1958) was an American football player and coach.

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Marvin Griffin

Samuel Marvin Griffin, Sr. (September 4, 1907 – June 13, 1982) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Mel Allen

Mel Allen (born Melvin Allen Israel; February 14, 1913 – June 16, 1996) was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees.

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Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band

The Spartan Marching Band (SMB) is the marching band of Michigan State University.

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Montgomery bus boycott

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Pasadena, California

Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Downtown Los Angeles.

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Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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Rose Bowl (stadium)

The Rose Bowl is a United States outdoor athletic stadium, located in Pasadena, California, a northeast suburb of Los Angeles.

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Rose Bowl Game

The Rose Bowl Game, officially the Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual for sponsorship purposes, and more frequently known as simply the Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Year's Day) at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, California.

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Sam Balter

Samuel Balter, Jr. (October 15, 1909 – August 8, 1998) was an American basketball player who won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics, and sportscaster.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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UCLA Bruin Marching Band

The 270-member UCLA Bruin Marching Band, known as The Solid Gold Sound, represents the university at major athletic and extracurricular events.

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UCLA–USC rivalry

The UCLA–USC rivalry refers to the American collegiate athletics rivalry between the UCLA Bruins sports teams of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and USC Trojans sports teams of the University of Southern California (USC).

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Walt Kowalczyk

Walter Joseph Kowalczyk (born April 17, 1935) is a former American football defensive back and fullback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys.

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Winning isn't everything; it's the only thing

"Winning isn’t everything; it's the only thing" is a well-known quotation in sports.

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1954 Rose Bowl

The 1954 Rose Bowl game, played on January 1, 1954, was the 40th Rose Bowl game.

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1956 Sugar Bowl

The 1956 Sugar Bowl featured the 7th ranked Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, and the 11th ranked Pitt Panthers.

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2008 Rose Bowl

The 2008 Rose Bowl Game presented by Citi, the 94th Rose Bowl Game, played on January 1, 2008 at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California, was a college football bowl game.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1956_Rose_Bowl

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