Read more about the article Let’s remember Stanford’s Jeff Siemon for more than his NFL Pro Bowls

Let’s remember Stanford’s Jeff Siemon for more than his NFL Pro Bowls

PHOTO: Stanford linebacker Jeff Siemon was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006. Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report — Click here for book review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s and here for a purchase link to RAYE OF LIGHT, Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the Integration of College Football and the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans. — Watch a three-minute video to learn about our documentary at the…

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Read more about the article September 12, 1970: STANFORD vs. ARKANSAS at LITTLE ROCK

September 12, 1970: STANFORD vs. ARKANSAS at LITTLE ROCK

Cover photo (L-R): Stanford’s all-minority backfield in 1970: Jackie Brown, Hillary Shockley and Jim Plunkett. Visit my home page, TomShanahanReport *** “History writes people out of the story. It’s our job to write them back in.” — David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. BY TOM SHANAHAN We’ve been misled by myths surrounding the 1970 USC-Alabama game, but the ironies and deceptions don't stop with college football lore contending a singular moment took place that night. The true 1960s pioneers of…

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