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University Mourns Alumnus & Baseball great

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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA - Monford Merrill "Monte" Irvin, born in Haleburg, Alabama, was a football star on the field during his days at Lincoln. A multi-sport all-state player during his childhood in New Jersey, he played: baseball, football, basketball and was a member of the track team at Orange High School. After high school, he made his way to Lincoln University while playing professionally with the Negro Leagues' Newark Eagles in 1938 at the age of 17. To protect his football eligibility at Lincoln, he played baseball under a different name.

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Lincoln University, the nation’s first degree-granting Historically Black College and University (HBCU), educates and empowers students to lead their communities and change the world. Lincoln offers a rigorous liberal arts education to a diverse student body of approximately 2,200 men and women in more than 35 undergraduate and graduate programs.