Read more about the article Jimmy Raye’s quarterback and coaching careers span Jim Crow segregation to honored Fayetteville citizen to NC Sports Hall of Fame

Jimmy Raye’s quarterback and coaching careers span Jim Crow segregation to honored Fayetteville citizen to NC Sports Hall of Fame

PHOTO: Jimmy Raye rode Duffy Daugherty's Underground Railroad from Fayetteville, N.C., the ational titles at Michigan State and to the NFL. In 2023, the NFL 360/NFL Network documentary "The Indelible Legacy of Jimmy Raye" won a Sports Emmy Award. Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report Click here for review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s. *** --- Watch this video about our documentary in development: Game Changers of the Century. Game…

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Read more about the article Freeman only seems like an overnight success, thanks to the pioneers clearing his path

Freeman only seems like an overnight success, thanks to the pioneers clearing his path

PHOTO: Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman. Visit my website homepage: TomShanahan.Report More on Notre Dame history and Tyrone Willingham *** “I don’t know what objectivity is. The truth is what’s important.” --- Iconic New York newspaper columnist Jimmy Breslin By TOM SHANAHAN Oh, the righteous serendipity. Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman’s team is playing for the College Football Playoff national championship Monday in Atlanta. On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. In King’s hometown. Only 3.2 miles from…

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Read more about the article Jimmy Raye of Fayetteville and Michigan State named to NC Sports Hall of Fame

Jimmy Raye of Fayetteville and Michigan State named to NC Sports Hall of Fame

PHOTO: Jimmy Raye with Dan Fouts at the Pro Football Hall of Fame NFL Awards of Excellence ceremony in 2021 at the Hall of Fame Museum in Canton, Ohio. By TOM SHANAHAN The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame announced on December 18 that Jimmy Raye has been named to its 2025 Hall of Fame class among 11 selections. The 61st annual enshrinement ceremony is May 2 at the Sheraton Greensboro Hotel Joseph S. Koury Convention Center. Raye…

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