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Topic:  A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
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OhioCatFan
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  Message Not Read  A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 7/18/2025 10:07:45 PM 
Darayus Sethna, a student in the Honors Tutorial College, put together this website. I thought many of you might enjoy taking a look at it:

https://www.bobcatarchives.com /

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Alan Swank
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 7/19/2025 10:08:26 AM 
OhioCatFan wrote:
Darayus Sethna, a student in the Honors Tutorial College, put together this website. I thought many of you might enjoy taking a look at it:

https://www.bobcatarchives.com /


Thanks OCF. There is some really neat stuff on this site. This bit in regards to Arthur Carr who became an Ohio University football player where he was most likely the first Black player on the team in the early 1900s, really got my attention.

Carr graduated from Athens High School in 1902 with only 13 other students. According to this article from The Athens Messenger and Herald on June 12, 1902, the auditorium was packed with locals.

As the article describes, “the auditorium was filled to overflowing by the usual cultured Athenians who always show their appreciation of their public schools...”

O.T. Corson, an educational orator and the state of Ohio’s eventual Director of Education, was one of the keynote speakers at the commencement.

Last Edited: 7/19/2025 10:10:09 AM by Alan Swank
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OhioCatFan
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 7/19/2025 12:02:12 PM 
Alan, even more impressive is that Carr was apparently the first African American QB at a predominately white college. Several years ago I did a little research on the topic, and I could find no instances of another black QB at such an institution in the first decade of the 20th Century.

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STVCastle
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 10/21/2025 8:50:17 AM 
This is great stuff OCF! It looks like Darayus Sethna put in a lot of work for this!
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STVCastle
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 11/8/2025 7:52:35 PM 
And as it turns out, I was able to interview Darayus Sethna for one of the shows I run on my YouTube channel! One Bobcat interviewing another!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_TdldPpW0

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OhioCatFan
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 11/8/2025 11:08:29 PM 

STVCastle wrote:
And as it turns out, I was able to interview Darayus Sethna for one of the shows I run on my YouTube channel! One Bobcat interviewing another!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_TdldPpW0

 

Thanks, I will take watch tommorow after this is over.  It's been taking up most of my time recently.

 

 

Last Edited: 11/8/2025 11:11:04 PM by OhioCatFan

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"It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right."

Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org

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MonroeClassmate
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 11/26/2025 10:26:54 PM 
OCF how was the Upper Hall McCabe Historical marker turnout? How was the event?
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JimLurker34
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 11/27/2025 12:54:57 AM 
I was there. It was a nice event. The band was just excellent.

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JimLurker34
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 11/27/2025 1:30:36 AM 
I screwed up and posted the same thing twice. Deleted.

Last Edited: 11/27/2025 1:59:57 AM by JimLurker34
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OhioCatFan
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 11/27/2025 1:57:02 AM 

We had about 50 people attend.  We ended up doing the ceremony inside, due to weather, and then adjourning outside for the actual unveiling.  Here are a few clips from an Athens News photo spread on the event:

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MonroeClassmate
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 11/27/2025 4:53:01 AM 
JimLurker34 wrote:
I was there. It was a nice event. The band was just excellent.


Thanks Jim
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MonroeClassmate
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 11/27/2025 4:54:03 AM 
Thanks OCF!

Looking forward to seeing the marker outside of Upper Hall.
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Diamond Cat
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 11/27/2025 2:43:38 PM 
I just noticed this, OCF. Thanks for sharing that site. Sweet!
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BillyTheCat
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  Message Not Read  RE: A little bit of Bobcat athletic history
   Posted: 11/28/2025 9:06:13 AM 
Good stuff OCF, thank you for sharing
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