Cudahy Rex Color:Gold Debuting first as Rocky Maivia

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Cudahy Rex Color:Gold Debuting first as Rocky MaiviaIn 1930, the company organized an all Black basketball team comprised of its own African American employees known as Cudahy Rex, named after the companys popular brand of cooking lard. No other word except flashy can describe their two toned satin sweat jackets, the Grand Island Herald wrote in 1936. But the Cudahy Rex were no flash in the pan. Its players were former star athletes from the citys predominantly Black high schools, North High and East