My appearance on the Adam Gold Show

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report Thanks to Adam Gold for having me as a guest Friday, July 1 on the Adam Gold Show, WRAL 99.9 The Fan We discussed the Marlin Briscoe, the first Black quarterback to start a game in the NFL, who passed away earlier in the week; Marlin's his friendship and pioneering relationship with Jimmy Raye, the South's first Black quarterback to win a national title at Michigan State out E.E. Smith High in Fayetteville,…

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Marlin Briscoe and Jimmy Raye shared their pioneering spirit as Black quarterbacks

PHOTO: Marlin Briscoe as a Denver Broncos rookie quarterback before he was switched to receiver. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN In many ways Jimmy Raye was Marlin Briscoe and Marlin Briscoe was Jimmy Raye. They were both pioneering figures connected in similar but different ways. Briscoe died on Monday at age 76 from circulation problems in his legs and from pneumonia. Raye recalled how he and his old friend were tied together in history as…

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