ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A University of Michigan panel says the Yost Ice Arena name should be changed.
The arena was named after football coach and athletic director Fielding Yost, but the committee says his benching of Willis Ward in 1934 for the Georgia Tech football game because he was Black was a factor. Georgia Tech refused to play Michigan that year if any African Americans took the field.
Yost was athletic director at the time, and it was the only time Michigan ever sat out a player due to race.
