partan entnel Michigan State University Varsity ‘S’ Club NEWSLETTER VOL. 58 ISSUE 3 3rd Varsity ‘S’ Club 100th Anniversary Issue Duffy Daugherty Makes History in Recruiting Minority Athletes Above is Duffy Daugherty with his five All-Americans from the 1966 Spartan football team. Left to right they are: Clinton Jones of Ohio, Bob Apisa of Hawaii, Bubba Smith of Texas, Gene Washington of Texas, and George Webster of South Carolina. Most were never recruited by southern universities. S U M M ER 2 0 1 5 Michigan State University Varsity ‘S’ Club 535 Chestnut Rd. - Rm 276 East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: (517) 355-8523 Fax: (517) 355-7708 Executive Committee Email: [email protected] Executive Director Alan Haller ’92! Website: www.msuvarsitysclub.org President R. Paul Vance ’01 1st Vice President Lauren Aitch ’09 2nd Vice President Tim Bograkos ’04 We value your opinion and want to know what Secretary Mike Vorkapich ’94 you think about the Varsity ‘S’ Club Newsletter. Director Emeritus David Brogan ’56 Past President ! Cheryl Gilliam ’81 Send us an e-mail, call or fax with items or Board of Directors topics you would like to see included in future Ian Clutten ’07 Wally Dobler ’58 newsletters. If you have suggestions on how to Sue Selke ’76 Dave Thomas ’01 improve the publication, let us know. David W. Thomas ’75 Don Weatherspoon ’67! Young Alumni Elections for the Board of Directors of the Varsity ‘S’ Kristen Henn ’13 Travis Key ’07 Erica Mann ’11 Club are held each spring. If you would like to serve on the Board, simply visit our website, click on the Office Staff: Marilyn Bria (Office Hours: M-Th, 12-4; F, 12-3) application tab, print the form, complete, and mail to Newsletter Editor: Ron Berby the the club office. President’s Message: One of the missions of the Varsity ’S’ Club is to engage MSU letterwinners with MSU Athletics to help maintain your connection back to MSU. Each member of our Club, young and old, has played an important role in defining what it means to be a Spartan. By coming together in celebration of past athletic achievements and present successes of our current student-athletes, our Club can help advance MSU athletics in the future. With these goals in mind, we hope this upcoming year will be a year of celebration and engagement, kicked off with the 100 Year Celebration of the MSU Varsity ‘S’ Club on Friday, September 18. The 100 Year Celebration is a black tie optional event and will be co-hosted by MSU Athletic Director, Mark Hollis and MSU Alumni Association Executive Director, Scott Westerman. The Celebration will begin with a cocktail hour, followed by dinner. The 100 Year Celebration program will feature special guest speakers and presentations highlighting 100 years of the Varsity ‘S’ Club and MSU, and we will also honor our 2015 award winners. On Saturday, September 19, we will be hosting a tailgate on Old College Field prior to the home football game against Air Force. We hope to see you at these very special events. You can register for the 100 Year Celebration online at: https://commerce.cashnet.com/ msu_3719. Please help us spread the word to all Club members and MSU letterwinners. In addition to the 100 Year Celebration, our esteemed board of directors will be planning new events and opportunities for our membership to stay engaged with the university and celebrate our experiences at MSU. Stay tuned! Lastly, as I am writing this message, another fall season of MSU sports is quickly approaching. That means a lot of you will be joining us in the Varsity ‘S’ Club Room on football Saturdays and we look forward to having you. As a reminder, the Club Room will be open for all home football games at least 1.5 hours prior to kick-off. As always, concessions will be selling food and beverages and our new TVs will be on with the broadcast of the game. Members may bring up to three (3) guests into the Club Room but must accompany their guests. Keep in mind: the Club Room has a capacity of 150 people and is closely monitored by the fire marshal. Once we have reached capacity, entry to the Club will be closed until the number of occupants has been reduced. See you this fall! - Paul Vance S U M M E R 2 0 1 5 2 Summer 2015 Graduates Women’s Basketball - Jasmine Hines, Kendra Lumpkin, Rebecca Mills & Anna Morrissey Crew - Sarah Crosby, Jessica Marone & Kathryn Trahan Football - Shilique Calhoun, Joel Heath, Greg Jones & Javon Ringer Men’s Golf - Jonathan Finley Women’s Golf - Sritragul Paveenuch Hockey - Matthew Berry, Brock Krygiier, Tanner Sorenson & Travis Walsh Softball - Rachel Vanpoppelen Women’s Tennis - Hilary Hager Women’s Swimming - Cristee Cordes Women’s Track - Tori Franklin, Kassie Powell, Lauren Rose & Tejuanna Williams Men’s Track and Cross Country - David Madrigal Women’s Track and Cross Country - Devan John Volleyball - Taylor Galloway & Ryian Hubbard Scenes from the 2015 ‘S’ Club Golf Outing S U M M E R 2 0 1 5 3 More 2015 Golf Outing Scenes Women’s Track: Big Ten Champions Left: Head Track Coach Walt Drenth gets happily drenched as his women athletes take MSU’s second women’s Big Ten title ever (the first was in 1982). Following last fall’s NCAA championship in cross country, many of State’s points came in the distance runs, with star senior Leah O’Connor winning the 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, the 1500 Meters, and the 5,000 Meter Runs. However, it was truly a team victory as MSU’s women scored in 24 events. At the end of the second day of the three-day meet, Minnesota led with 71 points to State’s 52 and Nebraska’s 51. But the Spartans came storming back on the final day, spanking the competition with 128 points to Nebraska’s 97 and Minnesota’s 93. The MSU men finished seventh with 55 points, after several years edging to the top half of the now-expanded Big Ten conference. Scenes, Memories from Michigan State University’s Sports History Editor’s Note: This editor would like to thank Paulette Martis and the staff at MSU’s Athletics Communications for pictures used in the production of this and previous Anniversary “Sentinel” issues. Also credited are Tom Shanahan and his book, “Raye of Light,” as well as Ernie Pasteur, who told me of his family’s visit from Duffy Daugherty. Other sources are Frimodig & Stabley’s “Spartan Saga” and Seibold’s “Spartan Sports Encyclopedia.” But credit is also deserved by the ‘S’ Club’s Don Behm, and our woman who gets things done, Marilyn Bria, Supervisor of the Varsity ‘S‘ Club Office. S UM M E R 2 0 1 5 4 Duffy’s “Underground Railroad” and “Hawaiian Pipeline” Bring African-American and Hawaiian Athletes Into Division One Football As Never Before The 1967 Spartan Football Team with 23 Minority Players In the 1950s and 1960s, a smattering of black athletes could be found at Division 1 colleges and in professional sports. But Duffy Daugherty, an an assistant coach to MSU Biggie Munn, took over as head coach in 1959 when Munn retired and became the AD. Both had previously coached at Syracuse, where in 1961 black running back Ernie Davis had won the Heisman Trophy. (Davis unfortunately died of cancer and never got to play in the NFL.) Davis‘ speed and power caught Daugherty’s notice, and he began to send assistants to scout black players, finding a gold mine in black high schools in the segregated south. Also noticed were Hawaiians Bob Apisa, Dick Kenney and Charlie Wedemeyer. Not all were stars and a few had little playing time, but from 1959 to 1972, 44 black players from the south played on Duffy’s teams, with thirty of them graduating, above the average until just recently. At the height of their power, the Spartan teams of 1966 and 1967 were the best in America. The potent offense featured quarterback Jimmie Raye, running backs Clinton Jones and Bob Apisa, and receiver Gene Washington. But it was the defense that was special. Defensive end Bubba Smith, roverback George Webster, and 5’9” sparkplug linebacker Charlie (Mad Dog) Thornhill led the charge in holding teams like Michigan and Notre Dame to negative rushing yardage, and at times negative overall yardage. These were the most dominant Spartan football teams ever. Below: Duffy waving goodbye at retirement, Charlie Thornhill of Virginia, and Jimmie Raye of South Carolina S U M M E R 2 0 1 5 5 Celebrating 100 Years Of Delivering Great People HONORING THE PAST CELEBRATING THE PRESENT SUPPORTING THE FUTURE Pasteur Remembers Visit From Duffy Daugherty This editor sat down with Ernie Pasteur, one of Daugherty’s Southern recruits, who still lives in the East Lansing area. Pasteur was a highly recruited 1962 fullback/linebacker at black Queen Street High School in Beaufort, North Carolina. He fully expected to play at black colleges North Carolina A&T or Grambling, but a friend of his brother, Earl Tootle, drove him to meet with Norm Clark, a white high school coach at nearby Morehead City. Clark said, “Ernie, you’re better than that. I’ve been following your career--let me write some letters.” Michigan State was among the Big Ten schools that began to recruit him. Pasteur vividly remembered when Daugherty came knocking at the door to convince him to play for Michigan State: “You’ve got to understand what it was like in the South back then,” he said.