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Aug 11, 2015 · Anthony Flanagan, an All-American quarterback at Southwest High School in Atlanta, was the first African-American quarterback at the University of Georgia.
In 1972, Condredge Holloway of the University of Tennessee Volunteers was the first Black athlete to play quarterback in the SEC. Four years later, Anthony Flanagan, who also played for Georgia's basketball team, became the first Black athlete to play quarterback for the Bulldogs.
Feb 24, 2021 · Between leading Southwest (Atlanta) High School to state basketball championships as a junior and senior, Flanagan guided the Wolves to a state football title in 1973. The lanky, 6-foot-3 and roughly 200-pound quarterback could run like the wind, and had a rifle for an arm—make that arms.
- Patrick Garbin
Nov 29, 2023 · The Southwest team was led by quarterback Anthony Flanagan, who recently was inducted into the second class of the Georgia High School Football Hall of Fame. Flanagan passed away in 2001, but many of his teammates will be at the ceremony, which will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 13, between the Class 5A and Class 7A championship games at ...
- Chip Saye
Flanagan was recruited by what was reported as over 300 colleges, offering scholarships in four different sports: football, basketball, tennis, and track. In the end, he decided to sign a...
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Oct 17, 2023 · Anthony Flanagan, the first African American quarterback at the University of Georgia, was a historic multi-sport athlete at Atlanta's Southwest High. He was named AJC Class 2A Back of the Year and a Parade All-American in 1973, when he led Southwest's football team to the Class 2A championship.
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Sep 16, 2021 · This included the program’s first black quarterback, Anthony (Tony) Flanagan, and the first African-American signee hailing from outside the Deep South, running back Kevin McLee. Just a year later, the Bulldogs signed a dozen black players, or nearly half of its recruiting class.
