This is for an original Goal Post program for the November 4 1939 game played between the California Bears and U.C.L.A. Bruins at California Memorial Stadium. The 1939 Bruins would go undefeated in the 1939 season with a 6-0-4 record finishing the season as the number 7 team in the nation as ranked by the AP poll.

The team was led by the infamous “Gold Dust Gang”, a racial stereotype slur referring to the mascots on a Gold Dust Washing Powder box. The Bruins featured an incredible line up of players who would go on to change life in America long after their football careers at UCLA would come to an end. The team featured the legendary Jackie Robinson who would later go on to break baseball’s color barrier, Kenny Washington who would go on to become the first African American to sign an NFL contract and Woodrow “Woody” Strode who would play football for the Hollywood Bears, Los Angeles Rams and Calgary Stampeders before going on to appear in almost 100 films including being nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in Spartacus. Woody would also dabble in professional wrestling for 20 years after college taking on the likes of Gorgeous George and even teaming up with Bobo Brazil being billed as the Pacific Coast Heavyweight Champion and the Pacific Coast Negro Heavyweight Champion. Quite a legacy for three members of possibly the most famous and inspirational teammates in history. Period.

This game would end with a 20-7 score in favor of UCLA with Jackie Robinson forced to sit out with a knee injury while Kenny Washington would lead the team with 141 yards rushing with a touchdown and throwing two touchdown passes including one to Woody Strode. The program is in nice condition. There was a former crease which runs up and down the book which has almost disappeared over the years. There is also a paper pull on the front cover near the spine and unfortunately the scorecard is missing. True football history.

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