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Post published:January 16, 2023
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Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report Listen to my partners for Name, Image and Likeness videos, and their endorsements of "Raye of Light" and "The Right Thing To Do." They explain Michigan State's leading role in college football integration and the influence of Duffy Daugherty's 1950s and 1960s teams on the rest of college football. Michigan State's influence begins with Gideon Smith, who is in the Hall of Fame at three schools: Michigan State, Ferris State and Hampton University.…

NFF presents Bushnell Trophy to Ferris State’s Tony Annese

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Post published:January 11, 2023
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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…

AFCA recognizes Michigan State and Ferris State trailblazer from Virginia

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:January 31, 2021
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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,…