PART IV, Duffy’s fingerprints on 1971 GOC: Nebraska’s Bob Devaney and Chuck Fairbanks from Daugherty’s coaching tree

PHOTO: Oklahoma coach Chuck Fairbanks (L) played for Duffy Daugherty at Michigan State and Nebraska coach Bob Devaney was as Daugherty assistant coach. Buy me a coffee: If you enjoy learning college football integration untold stories, consider a donation through Venmo to help me fund my website videos and research. Thomas Shanahan | @Thomas-Shanahan-23 By TOM SHANAHAN Anniversary stories reflecting on the 60th anniversary of the 1966 Game of the Century matching No. 1 Notre Dame and No.…

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Rocky Bleier and Clinton Jones on university and athletic department continuity in their time

PHOTO: Spartan Nation hoped continuity returned with the alignment of Michigan State president Kevin Guskiewicz (L) hiring athletic director J Batt (R) and both identifying Pat Fitzgerald in December as the Spartans' new football coach. 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…

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Eric Marshall’s Civil Rights journey from Mississippi to Michigan State to Vietnam and to San Francisco

PHOTO: A mob of 3,000 White supremacists, students and outsiders, sparked the deadly Ole Miss Riot of 1962. The pivotal Civil Rights moment influenced Eric Marshall's future. Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report Click here for review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s. Watch this video about our documentary in development: Game Changers of the Century. Game Changers Sizzle 2025 on Vimeo Documentary development investment opportunities Game Changers of the…

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