Condredge Holloway's Impact On SEC Football
“Condredge Holloway’s impact on SEC football”
Condredge Holloways is from a small town in Huntsville, Alabama where he was born and raised by Dorothy Holloway and Condredge Holloway Sr. He also attended Lee high school in Huntsville, where he was the star athlete. He was the starting point guard in basketball, the starting short stop in baseball, and the star Quarterback in football. He received full ride scholarship in all three sports. His mother was hired to work at Marshall Space Flight Center, where she became the first African American employee at NASA the sky was the limit for Condredge Holloway, but his impact on the SEC (South Eastern Conference) and college football at that.
Holloway, now at age 56, is maintaining a number of …show more content…
During this time period there was discrimination in Alabama, and Bear Bryant was the head football coach. Once Bear Bryant said “an African American will never play for my team” even though Holloway was the top ranked Quarterback. Football is the sport that Holloway was known for, but in Baseball he could have went to the MLB (Major League of Baseball). He was the Montreal Expos’ first pick, and was the fourth overall pick of the draft, but Holloway’s mother believed that his education was more important. He wanted to a contract with the Expos, but he was only 17 and was not able to sign the contract. That left it up to is mother, but as you know his mother believed in his education. Holloway ended up signing with the University of Tennessee. Bear’s loss was Battle’s gain. There was irony being that Battle once played for …show more content…
He led his team to a couple of bowl games, but his impact on the football field was not the only thing that made him a legend. He was the first African American to ever play in the South Eastern Conference of NCAA football. He led the way for others that you know today, Cam Newton , Jordan Jefferson, and Jared Funk. There are many black quarterbacks drafted in this present age. This past year Cam Newton won the Heisman ,and led his to the BCS Nation Championship and won. There was also another black player on his team, but Holloway took all the criticism because he was the starting Quarterback. All of his coaches tried to shield him away from the media and criticism, but Holloway was very aware of what was going
Condredge Holloways is from a small town in Huntsville, Alabama where he was born and raised by Dorothy Holloway and Condredge Holloway Sr. He also attended Lee high school in Huntsville, where he was the star athlete. He was the starting point guard in basketball, the starting short stop in baseball, and the star Quarterback in football. He received full ride scholarship in all three sports. His mother was hired to work at Marshall Space Flight Center, where she became the first African American employee at NASA the sky was the limit for Condredge Holloway, but his impact on the SEC (South Eastern Conference) and college football at that.
Holloway, now at age 56, is maintaining a number of …show more content…
During this time period there was discrimination in Alabama, and Bear Bryant was the head football coach. Once Bear Bryant said “an African American will never play for my team” even though Holloway was the top ranked Quarterback. Football is the sport that Holloway was known for, but in Baseball he could have went to the MLB (Major League of Baseball). He was the Montreal Expos’ first pick, and was the fourth overall pick of the draft, but Holloway’s mother believed that his education was more important. He wanted to a contract with the Expos, but he was only 17 and was not able to sign the contract. That left it up to is mother, but as you know his mother believed in his education. Holloway ended up signing with the University of Tennessee. Bear’s loss was Battle’s gain. There was irony being that Battle once played for …show more content…
He led his team to a couple of bowl games, but his impact on the football field was not the only thing that made him a legend. He was the first African American to ever play in the South Eastern Conference of NCAA football. He led the way for others that you know today, Cam Newton , Jordan Jefferson, and Jared Funk. There are many black quarterbacks drafted in this present age. This past year Cam Newton won the Heisman ,and led his to the BCS Nation Championship and won. There was also another black player on his team, but Holloway took all the criticism because he was the starting Quarterback. All of his coaches tried to shield him away from the media and criticism, but Holloway was very aware of what was going