“… I couldn’t help but think of how many people had helped me along the way. One of those people I wanted to personally thank for opening doors was Jimmy Raye. This book tells how some of those doors got pushed open. I’m sure you will enjoy reading about the journey!”
– Pro football Hall of Fame Coach, TONY DUNGY
GRAPHIC (6th Block Creative): Quarterback Jimmy Raye (16), head coach Duffy Daugherty and co-captain Clinton Jones (26). Research for these lists date to 2012 and writing “Raye of Light: Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans and the integration of college football,” August Publications. Foreword by Tony Dungy.
GRAPHIC (6th Block Creative). Visit my home page, TomShanahan.Report The End Game discusses race and sports in America with a focus on Michigan State coach Duffy’s Daugherty’s 1960 teams leading college football integration. Duffy’s teams were the sport’s first fully integrated rosters and won national titles in 1965 and 1966.
Visit my home page, TomShanahan.Report *** THE 1967 NFL DRAFT that changed the face of pro football. EPISODE 10: Four of the top eight picks in the 1967 NFL draft were Michigan State players. *** SCROLL DOWN TO EPISODE 7 for KEN BURNS ON SIGNFICANCE OF DUFFY DAUGHERTY’S TEAMS ***
— “History writes people out of the story. It’s our job to write them back in.” — David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize winner and biographer By TOM SHANAHAN Here are 44 facts – one for every Underground Railroad passenger Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty recruited from the segregated South between 1959
