Read more about the article Duffy History Champions

Duffy History Champions

TomShanahan.Report and NIL partners Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report Listen to Duffy's History Champions -- athletes who comment on college football integration history. Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty's influence extends from his 1950s and 1960s teams to his former assistant coaches and players who followed his blueprint upon becoming a head coach at schools from coast to coast. The untold stories are told in my books and my website, TomShanahan.Report, and throughout a documentary project, Game Changers of…

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Read more about the article NFF presents Bushnell Trophy to Ferris State’s Tony Annese

NFF presents Bushnell Trophy to Ferris State’s Tony Annese

PHOTO: Ferris State coach Tony Annese at the American Football Coaches Association conference. This is the press release from the National Football Foundation. As an NFF member, I'm proud to post on my website an honor for Tony Annese at Ferris State, my hometown's college. IRVING, Texas (Jan. 11, 2022) - In front of more than 1,500 coaches at the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Annual Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of…

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Read more about the article AFCA recognizes Michigan State and Ferris State trailblazer from Virginia

AFCA recognizes Michigan State and Ferris State trailblazer from Virginia

PHOTO: Gideon Smith with the Ferris State football team in 1912. This story is reposted from Jan. 12, 2015. By TOM SHANAHAN A century later, Gideon Smith finally received just recognition from a national organization. Smith broke barriers throughout his life. He was the first Black college football player at two Michigan schools, Ferris State and Michigan State. Later he blazed trails in coaching at what is now known as Hampton University in his then-segregated hometown of Hampton,…

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