Ray Vaughn was a big star for Oil City's unbeaten (8-0-3) team in 1924. The Oilers were then coached by George Woodman, who went on to fame as coach of the Clairton High School Bears.

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Woodman was a Colgate man -- and so would soon be Ray Vaughn. But times were not always happy for Vaughn at the New York State school. He didn't always get to play -- because he was black.

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Here's his story that appeared in The Derrick/The News Herald a few years back..