Tom Shanahan
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FWAA, 1st place: 1962 Rose Bowl, Alabama, segregation. My books tell untold stories of Duffy Daugherty leading college football integration. [email protected].
Cary, N.C.
Joined December 2010
I opened a package from @FWAA to find something worth its weight in gold! My other awards will have to make room for this one. @MSU_Football @NFFNetwork @MSUComArtSci @drivewithjack #True1960sPioneers.Thx so much to all the judges.
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Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report David Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize winner and biographer: “History writes people out of the story. It’s our job to write them back in.” *** I’m humbled and...
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7 days to @MSU_Football season opener. College football’s Diversified American Top 40 Hits, 1954 to the 70s. — 34) 1970: College football integration a fait accompli with 1970 season openers. On September 12, Stanford was one of two Pac-8 integrated teams to open the season with
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Here's the same story posted on my website: with purchase links to my books at bottom of story link. @NCHSAA .
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PHOTO: Enloe’s Ryan Clark has revived the historic Raleigh high school’s football program. Here’s my latest Friday Night Lights feature in the News & Observer. For another season, the website version...
Thank you to @Shanny4055 and the @newsobserver for the article about our program's resurgence the last 4 years!.
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RT @MamaTron210: " Meet The Spartans" was definitely a success! Pics and videos coming soon. So much love for the Land of Green💚 Thank you….
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As it turned out, the contentious college coach interview of the day was @UCLAFootball DeShaun Foster doesn't see a need to make players available for interviews.
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Bill Belichick isn't ready to name a starter, but the new @UNCFootball coach is having fun w/media discussing such matters. The Tar Heels are winding down camp in preparation for their opener Sept. 1 against @TCUFootball at Kenan Stadium. @ACCFootball .
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PHOTO: North Carolina coach Bill Belichick is winding down his first fall camp with the Tar Heels before game-week preparations to face TCU on September 1 at Kenan Stadium. ***Visit my homepage: To...
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Bryant is not the crusader he is portrayed in myths.
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PHOTO: Colorado defensive lineman Bill Collins was the Buffaloes’ first Black team captain. ***Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report — Click here for review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO,...
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9 days to @MSU_Football season opener. College football’s Diversified American Top 40 Hits, 1954 to the 70s. — 32) 1969: Bear Bryant signs his first two Black recruits on December 13, nearly a year before USC plays at Alabama. So much for the myth crafted two decades after the
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10 days to @MSU_Football season opener. College football’s Diversified American Top 40 Hits, 1954 to the 70s. — 31) 1969: Jackie Walker SEC’s first All-American football player. Scroll through the story link to No. 31. @Vol_Football @ @BigTenNetwork @ESPN.
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PHOTO: The facts show Michigan State’s Duffy Daugherty’s teams led college football integration. Myths and folklore based on a false narrative promulgated by sloppy journalism credit Alabama coach...
11 days to @MSU_football season opener. College football’s Diversified American Top 40 Hits, 1954 to the 70s. — #30) 1969: @Vol_Football routs Alabama at Legion Field in Birmingham. This was on year before USC arrived w/Sam Cunningham. Scroll through the story link to No. 30.
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The photo on the left is Jackie Walker after his interception return for 21-0 first-quarter in a 41-14 victory. The photo on the right is Lester McClain, the first Black player in @SEC to score TD. He caught 6 TD passes in 1968. Yet USC mythmakers want us to believe @AlabamaFTBL.
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11 days to @MSU_football season opener. College football’s Diversified American Top 40 Hits, 1954 to the 70s. — #30) 1969: @Vol_Football routs Alabama at Legion Field in Birmingham. This was on year before USC arrived w/Sam Cunningham. Scroll through the story link to No. 30.
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Denzel, we've got a great project for you to support that recognizes talented 1960s college football players lost to history in haze of celebrity myths. It's Rember the Titans on a national college scale.
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Sizzle Reel Teaser: Game Changers Sizzle 2025 on Vimeo Invest Deck: Game Changers of the Century – McCool Creative Kirkus review of THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football...
All Facts! 👇🏾👇🏾.
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College football’s Diversified American Top 40 Hits, 1954 to the 70s. — 29) 1969: Bear Bryant sued for failing to recruit Black players. Scroll through the story link to No. 29. @Big12 @BigTenNetwork @ESPN @TheAthletic @AlabamaFTBL @ACCNetwork @SECNetwork.
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PHOTO: The facts show Michigan State’s Duffy Daugherty’s teams led college football integration. Myths and folklore based on a false narrative promulgated by sloppy journalism credit Alabama coach...
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College football’s 40 significant integration moments, 1954 to the 70s. — 28) 1969: Auburn, Alabama’s in-state rival, signs James Owens as its first Black football player. Alabama didn’t sign a Black player until 1970, although a journalism failure about Bryant as a leader
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College football’s 40 significant integration moments, 1954 to the 70s. --- 27) 1968: Southern Methodist is the second integrated team to play on Alabama turf at Auburn’s stadium. Jerry Levias led SMU's win with a TD catch and 2-point conversion. The 1970 USC-Alabama myth falsely
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Go get em, coach!.
@Coach_Smith An honor and privilege for me to address the Spartan team and staff! My heart is still racing and my green blood is still boiling! Appreciate you, Coach Smith, for having me come in. The kids look great and I know how well they are coached in all facets! IRON SHARPENS IRON!.
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In my story I mentioned "projected depth chart" by @JimComparoni. Schools used to released official depth charts from coaches. But Jim Harbaugh, the Darth Vadar of college football, began to withhold his @UMichFootball. Trend of hiding info from rivals unfortunately caught on.
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