Fifteen contributors from Grambling State University lore – including Super Bowl XXII MVP Doug Williams – have earned 2010 induction into the Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame.
This year’s honorees also include two-time American Football League all-star Garland Boyette, 400-game winning women’s college basketball coach Patricia Bibbs, hall of fame trainer Eugene “Doc” Harvey, 1950s-era basketball standout James Hooper, former Grambling school president Joseph B. Johnson, two-time NFL Pro Bowler Roosevelt Taylor, and former NFL rookie of the year Sammy White.
“There is such a legacy at Grambling,” said Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Brown, part of last year’s inaugural Grambling Legends Hall of Fame class. “We have so many great athletes to come out of Grambling, and this is a way for those athletes to be recognized because of the things they have done.”
The second annual Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 17, 2010, at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe, LA.
The 2010 class is rounded out by Jerry Barr (former all-conference basketball honoree), Adolph Byrd (ex-football player and valued scout), Mary Currie (women’s basketball standout), Mackie Freeze (two-sport athlete and mentor of future Grambling stars as a high school football coach), Melvin Lee (two-way player on Grambling’s undefeated 1955 football team, then longtime offensive assistant), Jerry Robinson (two-time rushing leader) and Robert Williams (former Grambling baseball player).
Tickets are $60 each, and $500 for a table of eight, with all proceeds going to the non-profit Legends group for distribution in support athletics at Grambling. Tickets can be purchased at the Monroe Civic Center box office. Call 318-329-2837.
“It says a lot,” said Williams, who followed his standout playing career with a six-season stint as Grambling’s head coach that included three Southwestern Athletic Conference championships. “Grambling will always be home.”
A special reception is also scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday, July 16, 2010, at the just-opened Eddie G. Robinson Museum on the Grambling campus. Robinson, the winningest coach in Division I college football history, was inducted into the Legends Hall during last summer’s inaugural event.
The Grambling Legends Sports Hall of Fame was founded by former NFL Pro Bowl MVP James “Shack” Harris, a four-time championship-winning Grambling quarterback from 1965-68, and a host of GSU greats who say they want to help ensure that their alma mater’s most storied athletic accomplishments are remembered into posterity.
“The Legends Hall of Fame provides the recognition and notoriety that should have come to those individuals who made great contributions to the university a long time ago,” said Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Davis, also a previous inductee. “There’s nothing in life more gratifying than being recognized and honored for those things they did on the field.”
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Tuesday, June 8th 2010 at 1:46PM
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