ICYMI: RIP Karl Binns, MBB 1971-1972 (Link)

[DeepSnap]

Karl Binns, Georgia Tech Basketball Letterwinner 1971-1972, has passed. Karl was the first African-American member of the Georgia Tech varsity team.

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[00Burdell]

Karl Binns, Georgia Tech Basketball Letterwinner 1971-1972, has passed. Karl was the first African-American member of the Georgia Tech varsity team.

LINK

omg it took till 1971 for GT to realize that brothers can ball? Man, people back then were dumb.

 

[RoanokeJacket]

Slightly before my time, but I sure hope his nickname was "Mercedes"


RIP

 

[midatlantech]

Karl went to my high school, St Joseph’s which has some pretty famous alumni in its short history:
John Rasnick, DE for Tech
David Rasnick, Came up with the AIDS Concoction, Bill Todd, Top Most Influential in GA and Tech Professor in Schiller, Cynthia McKinney... famous... and of course me whose daughter got out and now is in charge of engineering for the east coast of a major corporation and who has 11 grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles who got out and half from St. Joe’s!