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NFF Board Member George Steinbrenner Passes Away



The National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) released the following statements on the passing of longtime NFF Board Member and 2002 NFF Gold Medal recipient George M. Steinbrenner III, who passed away at the age of 80.

"George Steinbrenner did so many great things for the National Football Foundation, and we are deeply saddened by his passing," said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell. "He loved the game of football. He played. He coached, and he believed in the scholar-athlete ideal and the lessons learned on the gridiroin. George stood for everything that the NFF represents, and it was truly special to have him on the board because he loved the game so much."

"I had the privilege of serving on the National Football Foundation board of directors with George Steinbrenner for many years, and his service and commitment to our organization played a significant role in our ability to touch the lives of countless young student-athletes," said NFF Chairman Archie Manning. "From his playing days at Williams College (Mass.) to his coaching days at Purdue and Northwestern, it was clear that George Steinbrenner was a product of the gridiron. We will miss his passion for giving back to our sport, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends."

A super successful sports businessman as the principal owner of the New York Yankees, Steinbrenner dedicated equal passion to humanitarian and civic causes, including serving on the NFF Board of Directors since 1998.

A longtime friend of the NFF, Steinbrenner attended every NFF Annual Awards Dinner for more than 35 years. In 1997, he endowed one of the prestigious NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards in honor of legendary Hall of Fame Coach Eddie Robinson and in 2003 he became the first and only person to ever endow a second NFF National Scholar-Athlete Award, this time in honor of his longtime friend, coach Lou Saban.

In his competitive younger days, Steinbrenner played football at Culver Military Academy (Ind.) and Williams College. Before being called home to help with his family's struggling shipping business, Steinbrenner's first career choice was to be a football coach, and he began as a graduate assistant at Ohio State under College Football Hall of Fame coach Woody Hayes. He then moved on to Northwestern coaching lineman for Saban. His final coaching job came as he joined the staff at Purdue as an assistant backfield coach under Hall of Fame coach Jack Mollenkopf.

In 2002, the NFF presented Steinbrenner with its Gold Medal, the organization's highest honor, joining seven U.S. Presidents, four U.S. Generals, three U.S. Admirals, 26 corporate CEOs, and one U.S. Supreme Court Justice as recipients of the honor. The NFF Gold Medal recognizes an outstanding American who has demonstrated integrity and honesty, achieved significant career success and has reflected the values of those who have excelled in amateur sport, particularly football.

College Football Hall of Famer Gene Goodreault Passes Away



Eugene J. “Gene” Goodreault, a former All-America football player at Boston College and a member of the school’s storied 1941 Sugar Bowl championship team, died on July 13 in Orinda, Calif. after a long illness. He was 92.

Mr. Goodreault was a consensus All-America end for Coach Frank Leahy’s Eagles in the 1940 season, an era when the Eagles were one of the nation’s top-ranked college football teams. In 1970, he was one of the original inductees into Boston College’s Varsity Club Hall of Fame, and was elected to the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame in 1982.

2010 Hall of Enshrinement News



Thousands of football fans from across the country flocked to the College Football Hall of Fame for the 16th Annual Enshrinement Festival July 16-17. Celebrating the storied careers of 24 of the game’s greatest stars, family, friends and admirers seized the opportunity to get up close and personal with the inductees during a wide-range of intimate events staged by the National Football Foundation (NFF).
The jam-packed weekend included a celebrity golf tournament, a fan festival, a grand parade, a youth football clinic, a pep rally, a fireworks spectacular with the celebration culminating with the Enshrinement Dinner & Show on Saturday evening.
The evening show featured Mark May, a 2005 inductee into the Hall and a current ESPN commentator, who joined Jesse Palmer, a former Florida quarterback who now makes a living on the ESPN airwaves,
Notable attendees included: Jack Lengyel, an NFF Board Member and the former head coach at Marshall; George Bork, a College Football Hall of Fame inductee from Northern Illinois University; Greg Byrne, the University of Arizona athletics director; Harry Carson, a College Football Hall of Fame inductee from South Carolina State; Mike Haywood, the Miami (Ohio) head coach; Coach Fred Martinelli, a College Football Hall of Fame inductee from Ashland University (Ohio); Mal Moore, the University of Alabama athletics director; Johnny Rodgers, a College Football Hall of Famer inductee and the 1972 Heisman Winner from the University of Nebraska; Freddie Scott a College Football Hall of Fame inductee from Amherst (Mass.) and Chris Zorich, a College Football Hall of Fame inductee from Notre Dame.
NFF National Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association


College Football Hall of Famer Dr. Ed Dyas (Auburn) , Jonathan Claiborne (Maryland) , Morgan Copeland (Texas) , 1990 William V. Campbell Trophy Winner Dr. Chris Howard (Air Force) , Bob Johnson (Tennessee) and John Sciarra (UCLA) renewed their memberships in the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Alumni Association.
NFF Institutional Academic Members



Akron, Denison (Ohio), South Florida and Wyoming joined the NFF as Institutional Academic Members.



Chapter News



The NFF Don Nehlan Chapter (W. Va.), along with an anonymous donor, is distributing five video boards to five high schools in West Virginia. The boards are sections of the Panasonic video board that was used on the north side of New York City’s Times Square.

NFF chapter members can receive 15 percent off the 2010 edition of the Blue Ribbon Football Yearbook. The yearbook, a 400-page comprehensive guide to college football priced at $22.95, is used extensively by the likes of ESPN’s Chris Fowler and CBS’s Tim Brando. The 2010 yearbook is available by calling 877-807-4857 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET. NFF members can provide their membership number and the “NFF2010” as the code to receive the discount.



The NFF Capital District Chapter will induct its first hall of fame class on August 7, 2010 in Albany, N.Y. Albany head coach Bob Ford will be recognized with the Service to Football Award.



Other upcoming chapter banquets include:



July 22, NFF Triangle Chapter, Pigskin Preview Luncheon at the Washington Duke Inn.
September 10, NFF Nebraska Chapter, Nebraska Hall of Fame banquet, Memorial Stadium



To become an NFF member, please contact NFF Director of Membership Ron Dilatush at 800-486-1865 or via email at rdilatush@footballfoundation.com. Worldwide membership now is at 12,000-plus in 119 chapters. Visit www.footballfoundation.org to join online.



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Business



Rob Mullens has been named the athletics director at Oregon... Robbie Caldwell was named the interim coach at Vanderbilt... College Football Hall of Famer Woodrow Lowe is the new head coach at Central High School (Phenix City, Ala.).

Miscellaneous



The watch list for the 2010 Davey O’Brien Award has been released. Check www.daveyobrien.org for the full list.

Obituaries



Ray Dalton, who played football at Tennessee from 1960-62 and was a longtime successful coach at Franklin (Tenn.) Brentwood Academy, died last week in Franklin…Gary Moore, who starred at Tennessee from 1976-79 as a kickoff return specialist, died in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

NFF 2010 On-Campus Salute Dates



September 18, 2010- Alfred Williams, Colorado vs. Hawaii, Boulder, Colo. (Fox College Sports)

September 25, 2010- Ronnie Caveness, Arkansas vs. Alabama, Fayetteville, Ark.

November 6, 2010- Jerry Stovall, LSU vs. Alabama, Baton Rouge, La.

November 6, 2010- Mark Herrmann, Purdue vs. Wisconsin, West Lafayette, Ind.

November 13, 2010- Pat Tillman, Arizona State vs. Stanford, Tempe, Ariz.



Key NFF Dates for 2010



Tuesday, December 7, 2010- Annual Awards Dinner Press Conference. New York City, New York

Tuesday, December 7, 2010- 53rd Annual Awards Dinner, New York City, New York

Tuesday, December 7, 2010- Presentation of the William V. Campbell Trophy, New York City, New York

Friday, December 17, 2010- NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, Florence, Ala. (ESPN)

Saturday, December 18, 2010- NCAA Division III Football Championship Game, Salem, Va. (ESPN)

Saturday, December 18, 2010- NAIA Football Championship Game, Rome, Ga. (CBS College Sports Network)

Friday, January 7, 2011- FCS National Championship Game, Frisco, Texas (ESPN)

Monday, January 10, 2011- Tostitos BCS National Championship, Glendale, Arizona(ESPN)

Tuesday, January 11, 2011- Presentation of the MacArthur Bowl, Scottsdale, Arizona




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