Bernie Custis is a former American and Canadian football player
who went on to a distinguished coaching career. He is known for being
the first black professional quarterback in the modern era and first in
professional Canadian football, starting for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1951.
Custis was a star quarterback at Syracuse University
in 1948, 1949 and 1950, setting numerous Syracuse records that would
last for decades.
Custis was recruited by Coach Reaves Baysinger, who
was replaced by Ben Schwartzwalder
after a 1–8 season. He played the first two seasons of the Coach
Schwartzwalder's 25-year tenure at Syracuse. The team went 4–5 in 1949
and 5–5 in 1950.
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