Read more about the article Gardena Serra all-purpose athlete carries Horace Smith’s spirit with him to California state title

Gardena Serra all-purpose athlete carries Horace Smith’s spirit with him to California state title

PHOTO: Gardena Serra's Troy Tw Crozier is the great-great nephew of Michigan State's Horace Smith, a pioneer athlete for the Spartans from 1946-49. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN Bear Bryant may have tried to prevent Horace Smith from taking the field for skin color in a 1947 Kentucky-Michigan State game, but Smith’s spirit freely ran up and down football fields 74 years later through his great-great nephew’s 2021 season. Troy Tw Crozier, a senior at…

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Read more about the article Michigan State’s owes Horace Smith an apology — one that Duffy would have understood

Michigan State’s owes Horace Smith an apology — one that Duffy would have understood

PHOTO (Michigan State Athletics): Horace Smith, shamefully benched in 1946, a year later established history as Michigan State's first Black athlete to face a segregated southern opponent. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN If only a reporter at some point had questioned Michigan State College Football Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty about his playing days at Syracuse. How did Duffy, a lineman, feel about his teammate, Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, who was benched as a Black quarterback,…

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