Read more about the article Michigan State honoring Duffy Daugherty and his 1960s teams has Gene Smith as a unique supporter

Michigan State honoring Duffy Daugherty and his 1960s teams has Gene Smith as a unique supporter

PHOTO: Michigan State's Duffy Daugherty with his five two-time All-American players from the 1965-66 national title teams (L-R): Clinton Jones, Bob Apisa, Bubba Smith, Gene Washington and George Webster. Tom Shanahan is an author and college football integration historian honored by the FWAA for his story on the 1962 Rose Bowl. *** Michigan State’s plans for a statue honoring Duffy Daugherty and his 1960s teams that led college football integration are still on the drawing board, but Ohio…

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Read more about the article Alan Haller endorsed by Spartans from national championship teams

Alan Haller endorsed by Spartans from national championship teams

For more Michigan State history, visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report CLICK ON LINK BELOW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0_k2wsXurs By TOM SHANAHAN Michigan State players from the head coach Duffy Daugherty's 1965 and 1966 national championship teams that won back-to-back unbeaten Big Ten titles endorse Alan Haller as the school's next athletic director. Daugherty's 1960s teams led college football integration with its first fully integrated rosters. He combined a Midwest-based roster with African-Americans recruited from the segregated South and players on his…

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Read more about the article Duffy’s historical commitments to the Great Football Northward Migration

Duffy’s historical commitments to the Great Football Northward Migration

Michigan State College Football Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty's 1960s teams led college football integration. Sportswriters of the time and later historians referred to the ground-breaking teams as the Underground Railroad, a metaphoric nod to bravery of Harriett Tubman's safe passages and safehouses for escaped slaves. The players traveled a path that escaped segregation in the Jim Crow South for opportunity. ---------------- ---- -----

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