| LC control no. | no2001098335 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Taliaferro, George, 1927-2018 |
| Associated place | Bloomington (Ind.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Located | Gary (Ind.) |
| Birth date | 1927-01-08 |
| Death date | 2018-10-08 |
| Place of birth | Gates (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Mason (Ohio) |
| Field of activity | Football |
| Affiliation | Philadelphia Eagles (Football team) Baltimore Colts (Football team) Dallas Texans (Football team) New York Yanks (Football team) Los Angeles Dons (Football team) |
| Profession or occupation | Running backs (Football) |
| Found in | Indiana University Special Assistant to the President's records, 1970-1983 (George Taliaferro) Ind. Univ. Archives files (George Taliaferro, b. 8 Jan. 1927; BS in phys. ed., 1951; MSW, Howard Univ., 1962) Knight, D. Taliaferro, 2007: (George Taliaferro; Taliaferro) page 5 (born in Gates, Tennessee on January 8, 1927; moved to Gary, Indiana as an infant) cover, page 4 (star player on Indiana University's first great football team of 1945; became the first African American drafted by an NFL team) New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 11, 2018 (in obituary published Oct. 10: George Taliaferro; b. Jan. 8, 1927, Gates, Tenn.; moved with his parents to Gary, Ind. when he was very young; d. Monday [Oct. 8, 2018], Mason, Ohio, aged 91; all-American running back at Indiana University who was the first African-American drafted by a National Football League team) |
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