1969 Press Photo Football player Albert Dennis with Joe Clark & Dr. Rix Yard

Football - Tulane assistant coach Joe Clark (left) and athletic director Dr. Rix Yard, were all smiles Thursday as 6-foot-5, 240-pound Albert Dennis signed a Tulane football grant. Dennis, an All-State performer from Hammond's Greenville Park High, was the first black man from Louisiana to sign a football grant-in with a major college in the state.

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.