As Spartans fans familiar with my work know, I've written two books and many stories on Michigan State leading college football integration
and the southern pioneers who desegregated programs. You'd by now I'd be running out of material, but there
are still many rocks strewn across the landscape.
This one is about Bob Grant, who planned ride the Underground Railroad with Jimmy Raye. But when Wake Forest
desegregated, he helped open doors to the future. Wake Forest was one of the early leaders in the South.
With three Black recruits in the 1964 recruiting class, Wake Forest coach Will Tate said roomed Brian Piccolo with Bob Grant.
Football fans know the story of Brian's Song with Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers as roommates with the Bears.
Piccolo was played by MSU's James Caan -- a year before his Godfather fame.
Wake Forest's untold impact: Brian's Song you know with Gale Sayers, but lost to history is Piccolo with Bob Grant - Tom Shanahan Report
Follow me on Twitter @shanny4055
and the southern pioneers who desegregated programs. You'd by now I'd be running out of material, but there
are still many rocks strewn across the landscape.
This one is about Bob Grant, who planned ride the Underground Railroad with Jimmy Raye. But when Wake Forest
desegregated, he helped open doors to the future. Wake Forest was one of the early leaders in the South.
With three Black recruits in the 1964 recruiting class, Wake Forest coach Will Tate said roomed Brian Piccolo with Bob Grant.
Football fans know the story of Brian's Song with Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers as roommates with the Bears.
Piccolo was played by MSU's James Caan -- a year before his Godfather fame.
Wake Forest's untold impact: Brian's Song you know with Gale Sayers, but lost to history is Piccolo with Bob Grant - Tom Shanahan Report
Follow me on Twitter @shanny4055
