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Interview: Fisher, Michael M., 2022
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Title
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Interview: Fisher, Michael M., 2022
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Type
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Interview
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Interviewee
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Fisher, Michael M.
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Birth Year
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1955
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Rutgers Graduating Class
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1978
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Interviewer
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White, Deborah Gray
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Date Created
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24 May 2022
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Abstract
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This interview was conducted by Professor Deborah Gray White for the Scarlet and Black research project.
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.
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Repository
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Rutgers Oral History Archives (ROHA) at Rutgers University–New Brunswick
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Identifier
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SBOH-Fisher-Michael
Transcript: Fisher, Michael M., 2022-05-24
Rutgers Making Meadowlands Debut (New York Times)
Targum features photograph of freshman football player Mike Fisher, number 24
Targum reports about Scarlet Knights' 47-0 win over Columbia in first collegiate football game at Meadowlands
