Title

Oral History: Fisher, Michael M., 2022

Interviewee

Fisher, Michael M.

Birth Year

1955

Birth Place

New Jersey - New Brunswick

Rutgers Graduating Class

1978

Interviewer

White, Deborah Gray

Location of Interview

Florida - Bradenton

Date Created

24 May 2022

Description

This interview was conducted by Professor Deborah Gray White for the Scarlet and Black Research Center.

Michael M. Fisher was a star football player at Rutgers University–New Brunswick from 1974 to 1978. He is known as Mike Fisher in the annals of Rutgers athletics. He was born in New Brunswick and grew up in nearby Edison. In his interview he recalls his experience growing up in Middlesex County, New Jersey, and participating in youth sports through the Pop Warner Little Scholars program. He discusses college sports at length, including recruitment, training, travel, rivalries, and the use of college athletes' image and likeness for promotional purposes in the 1970s. During his time at Rutgers, he was part of the undefeated 1976 Scarlet Knights team and played the first college football game at the Giants Stadium at the Meadowlands. He also shares memories of the social life on campus and the African American fraternities and sororities in the 1970s.

Transcript

Transcript: Fisher, Michael M., 2022-05-24

Subject

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers Alumni

Sports

Fraternities and Sororities

Collection

Scarlet and Black Interviews

Repository

Rutgers Oral History Archives (ROHA) at Rutgers University–New Brunswick

Identifier

SBOH-Fisher-Michael