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Absolute You Tube Gold - 1941 Duke-UNC Football - In Color

How spectacular is this?

By JD King

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DURHAM, NC - NOVEMBER 18: Kevin Gehsmann #54 of the Duke Blue Devils leads the team onto the field during their game against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at Wallace Wade Stadium on November 18, 2017 in Durham, North Carolina.
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Here’s something we never expected to see - the 1941 Duke football team pounding UNC - in color.

Turns out it was the first football game ever shot in color.

Twenty-two days later, the Japanese would bomb Pearl Harbor and many of the young men we see here on both sides of the football would rush to fight for their country, with many not returning.

Among those who would soon leave to fight: Duke coach Wallace Wade, who fought with great distinction and came back to coach after the war.

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