Lora Hinton, Former Player

Lora Hinton: LSU Photograph Collection, RG #A5000,
Louisiana State University Archives, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, LA.

Lora Hinton

Lora Hinton was born in Norfolk, Virginia, on September 29, 1953. Hinton became the first African American awarded a football scholarship at LSU in 1971 when he enrolled at LSU. He started at running back for the Tigers from 1973 to 1975. Hinton still lives and works in Baton Rouge as a regional representative for a national food outlet, and has served as a marshal at LSU football games for nineteen years.

Hinton’s interview is housed in the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History at LSU Libraries Special Collections. Hinton, Lora, interview by Mary Hebert, audio recording, 1993, 4700.0327. Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.