Grambling's White Tiger (also released as White Tiger in Europe) is a 1981 TV movie about the true story of Jim Gregory (played by Caitlyn Jenner, credited as Bruce Jenner), the first white quarterback of the Grambling Tigers at Grambling College, a historically black college, in 1962. The movie covers Gregory's freshman year. Harry Belafonte stars as coach Eddie G. Robinson and LeVar Burton (already famous from Roots and later to be known for Reading Rainbow and Star Trek: The Next Generation) appears as Charles 'Tank' Smith, the first friend Jim Gregory makes on the team.
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