Duffy History Champions
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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 the Century documentary development – Tom Shanahan Report
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EPISODE VIII, Aiden Smalls, North Carolina State football
NC State’s Aiden Smalls provides a history lesson on Wolfpack coach Earle Edwards. The school’s Hall of Fame coach desegregated the program with its first four Black players — Marcus Martin, Clyde Chesney, Willie Burden and Charley Young.
Edwards came to NC State from Michigan State, where he coached with Duffy Daugherty.
Smalls, a versatile athlete recruited as a wide receiver, graduated early to enroll in January with a head start on his career. Last fall as Clayton High’s quarterback, he led his school a state runner-up finish in the NCHSAA 8A playoffs.
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SCROLL DOWN for more videos from Skyla Schulte, David Santiago, Rustin Young, Kekai Burnett, Marcus Taylor, Marshawn Lee and the original Duffy History champions, All-American golfers Katie Lu and Brooke Biermann.
BOOKS AND DOCUMENTARY INFORMATION
— Game Changers of the Century documentary development – Tom Shanahan Report
PURCHASE LINKS: Raye of Light and The Right Thing To Do: Best College Football Books – Tom Shanahan Report
PURCHASE LINKS: Order from Barnes and Noble here and Amazon here.
EPISODE VII, Skyla Schulte, gymnastics
Michigan State three-time All-American gymnast Skyla Schulte joined the Duffy History Champions club with this NIL video. She concluded her senior year in the spring as a first-team All-American on the floor as well as the Spartans’ first three-time All-American selection.
Schulte also is a Michigan State legacy as the daughter of Pete Schulte, a Spartans wrestler in the 1990s.
Her final routine — a perfect 10 — upon graduating May 2 with a degree in advertising was a salute to Spartan Nation and congratulate Michigan State Hall of Famer Jimmy Raye upon entering the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame. His ground-breaking career as an athlete and coach transcends state borders.
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EPISODE VI, David Santiago, football
Michigan State defensive end David Santiago on Raleigh, N.C., congratulates Michigan State Hall of Famer Jimmy Raye on his induction into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame on May 2 in Greensboro. Raye left segregated Fayetteville, N.C., as a second-class citizen during segregation in 1964 aboard Duffy Daugherty’s Underground Railroad.
Raye entered the NC Hall as the South’s first Black quarterback to win a national title and one of the most prominent Black coaches in NFL history. He was the second Black coordinator in the NFL in 1983 as the Los Angeles Rams’ offensive coordinator and has been a mention Tony Dungy and many other Black coaches.
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EPISODE V, Katie Lue and Brook Beirmann, women’s golf
Michigan State senior All-American Katie Lu plays Canon in D on the piano while senior NCAA regional champion Brooke Biermann reads from my new children’s book, “BUBBA’S DAD, DUFFY AND COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD.” This is a teaching tool for Lansing-area students to learn about a great university in their backyard leading college football integration.
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EPISODE IV, Michigan State Hawaiian Pipeline recruits Rustin Young and Kekai Burnett at Nanakuli Beach Park in Waianae.
Rustin Young (left) at Kekai Burnett at a beach in Hawaii before they left for Michigan State.
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EPISODE III, Michigan State golfers Katie Lu and Brooke Biermann
This is an updated version noting Michigan State’s golf success during the 2023 golf season. Biermann and Lu helped the Spartans win their NCAA Regional, Biermann was regional co-medalist and Lu was an NCAA finals qualifier.
Click here to watch the Emmy Award-winning Jimmy Raye documentary they mention.
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EPISODE II, Ferris State football players Marcus Taylor and Marshawn Lee
Twitter post from Ferris State football’s back-to-back NCAA Division II championship teams, Marcus Taylor and Marshawn Lee, January, 16. 2023.
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EPISODE I, Katie Lu and Brooke Biermann
Twitter post from Michigan State women’s golfers Brooke Biermann and Katie Lu, May 12, 2022.
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Tom Shanahan is an award-winning sportswriter and frequent contributor to Spartanmag.com in addition to posting on his website. His new book on Michigan State leading college football integration is, “THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s.” His first book was “RAYE OF LIGHT, Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the Integration of College Football and the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans.”
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Below are links to click on to purchase my books focused.
My books tell the true story of college football integration in the 1960s and address the myths and fiction that allowed a false narrative surrounding the 1970 USC-Alabama game to usurp the credit from the true pioneers. As I said when I spoke at the National Sports Media Association book festival, no two books provide an accurate portrayal more than RAYE OF LIGHT and THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
I’ll put my facts up against anybody, anytime, anywhere. Watch here.
Click here for my story on the 1962 Rose Bowl and Segregation awarded first place by the Football Writers Association of America. I tell untold stories on Michigan State’s leading role and the true pioneers of college football integration. Click here to read the summary as a first-place story.
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Click here to purchase The Right Thing To Do
THE RIGHT THING TO DO
The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s
Foreword by Ruffin McNeill
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Click here to purchase Raye of Light.
RAYE OF LIGHT
Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the 1ntegration of College Football and the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans
Foreword by Tony Dungy
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DUFFY CHILDREN’S BOOK purchase links: Order from Barnes and Noble here and Amazon here.
