Salon'sMichael Scherer called up every surviving (and one dead) member of UVA's 1971-73 football teams, and it paid off -- they found the disgruntled guys: "Allen said he came to Virginia because he wanted to play football in a place where 'blacks knew their place,'" said Dr. Ken Shelton, a white radiologist in North Carolina who played tight end for the University of Virginia football team when Allen was quarterback. "He used the N-word on a regular basis back then."
George Allen In Using Non-Hilarious Slur Shocker
George Allen In Using Non-Hilarious Slur…
George Allen In Using Non-Hilarious Slur Shocker
Salon'sMichael Scherer called up every surviving (and one dead) member of UVA's 1971-73 football teams, and it paid off -- they found the disgruntled guys: "Allen said he came to Virginia because he wanted to play football in a place where 'blacks knew their place,'" said Dr. Ken Shelton, a white radiologist in North Carolina who played tight end for the University of Virginia football team when Allen was quarterback. "He used the N-word on a regular basis back then."