PHOTO (Ferris State): John Belcher and Ferris State athletic director Steve Brockelbank. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report *** Below is the speech John Belcher, grandson of Gideon Smith, delivered on behalf of his late grandfather at the Ferris State Hall of Fame enshrinement on August 30, 2023, in Big Rapids, Michigan. Gideon Smith journeyed from segregated Viriginia to Ferris in 1910 and was the school's first Black football player. He was among the Black students Ferris founder Woodbridge…