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The William Exum Center, the university's athletic and recreational complex, was named after William Exum, the first African-American varsity football player at the University of Wisconsin. [4] Exum was hired as head of KSU's Physical Education department in 1949, and later made head of the Athletics department.
The Kentucky State Thorobreds football program represents Kentucky State University in the sport of American football. The Thorobreds compete in the Division II (D2) of the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC).
Kentucky State University (KSU, and KYSU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Frankfort, Kentucky. Founded in 1886 as the State Normal School for Colored Persons , and becoming a land-grant college in 1890, KSU is the second-oldest state-supported institution of higher learning in Kentucky. [ 1 ]
The same did Brigham Young University (BYU), retiring number 6 for three different footballers, Marc Wilson, Robbie Bosco, and Luke Staley. [2] Since 2005, Syracuse holds the record of players honored with a number retirement after the University retired no. 44 worn by 25 different players between 1921 and 1998.
The 1947 Kentucky State Thorobreds football team was an American football team that represented Kentucky State Industrial College (now known as Kentucky State University) as a member of the Midwest Athletic Association (MAA) during the 1947 college football season.
UK season opener. New Mexico State at No. 16 Kentucky. When: 8 p.m. Monday TV: SEC Network Radio: WLAP-AM 630, WBUL-FM 98.1 Series: Kentucky leads 1-0 Last meeting: Kentucky won 82-60 on March 12 ...
Kentucky State University: $21.9 million [3] 1,689 [2] Morehead State University: $71 million [4] 8,619 [2] Murray State University: $100.2 million [1] 9,857 [2] Northern Kentucky University: $119.2 million [1] 14,985 [2] University of Kentucky: $1.68 billion [1] 33,885 [2] University of Louisville: $883.6 million [1] 23,225 [2] Western ...
Kendall was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1909, [1] and attended high school there. [2] A dominant figure in black college football in the 1930s, [3] Kendall first played for West Kentucky Industrial College, a junior college, during the 1932 season. [2] [4] He then played for the Kentucky State Thorobreds during the 1933–1936 seasons. [2]