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Grambling's White Tiger (also released as White Tiger in Europe) is a 1981 TV movie about the true story of Jim Gregory (played by Caitlyn Jenner, credited as Bruce Jenner) the first white quarterback of the Grambling Tigers at Grambling College, a historically black college, in 1962.
May 5, 2022 · GRAMBLING, La. — Grambling State University announced that its first White quarterback, Jim Gregory, returned to campus. Gregory was portrayed by Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce Jenner) in the...
Dec 8, 2006 · Standing at the center of the book — "My Little Brother is Coming Tomorrow" by Bruce Behrenberg — and subsequent film was Jim Gregory. He became known forever by the 1981 TV movie's title: "Grambling's White Tiger."
Men's basketball. The Grambling State Tigers won the NAIA National championship tournament in 1961, beating Georgetown College (Ky.). The victory made Grambling State the first and only college basketball program in the state to win a national basketball championship.
Grambling State University announced that its first White quarterback, Jim Gregory, returned to campus. Gregory was portrayed by Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce Jenner) in the 1981 film Grambled’s White Tiger. Gregory toured the campus with President Rick Gallot and the athletic department.
In 1968, James Gregory became the first white high school quarterback to enroll at Grambling State University to play on the all-black football team as a freshman receiver. Grambling State University had "a national reputation for consistently graduating talented young men who became successful professional football players."
Grambling's White Tiger ★★½ 1981. The true story of Jim Gregory, the first white man to play on Grambling College's all-black football team. Jenner's a little too old, but Belafonte, in his TV acting debut, is fine as legendary coach Eddie Robinson. Based on book by Bruce Behrenberg. 98m/C VHS, DVD.
"Grambling's White Tiger," NBC's jockudrama about Jim Gregory, the first white athlete to play at Grambling University, is another morality play charting the triumph of good over evil played out...
Oct 4, 1981 · This is the true story of Jim Gregory, Grambling University's first white football player. Back when Gregory was at Grambling, it had not been THAT many years since Blacks were allowed to play football at most Southern Schools.
Nov 9, 2013 · The Grambling football boycott is the first action in which student athletes, acting of their own volition, have called a halt to a college game.
