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Director Inducted Into Alma Mater's HOF | |
All Sports Founder and Director Tyrone Keys has had a storied career in football, both as a collegian and as a professional. His career climaxed as a member of the Super Bowl Shuffle-winning Chicago Bears, and recently he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at his alma mater, Mississippi State University. |
Todd Williams: Turning kids into believers | |
Todd Williams, 23, spent two years living on the streets during a crime-filled youth. At 14 he met All Sports Community Service director Tyrone Keys at the Leslie Peters Halfway House in Tamp and began to turn his life around. Now a senior offensive tackle for Florida State University, Williams dreams of playing pro football - and more. |
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The Todd Williams Story | |
Florida State University senior offensive tackle Todd Williams is standing in the hot morning sun at Skyway Park, site of the Mike Alstott Football Camp, attracting children like a dog draws fleas. A couple of the youngsters are pulling at his massive arms, another is locked around one of Williams' legs. A half-dozen more are asking questions, pretty much all at the same time. |
The Big Payoff | |
Four years ago, a tall, lanky student graduated from Hillsborough High School and headed north to college, leaving behind the Robles Park Housing Project where he had grown up, a place surrounded by drugs, violence and hopelessness. "I'm glad to see anyone make it out of this neighborhood," one neighbor said to a Channel 8 reporter covering the story. |
Fulfilling potential and returning it | |
A decade ago, Albert Perry, a young athlete from a tough inner city neighborhood in Tampa, Florida, was headed to Texas Southern University. Few doubted that this thousand-yard rusher would one day play collegiate football. But a few weeks after the fall semester began, something went wrong and Albert was back home. |
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Where are they now? | |
Tyrone Keys wanted to give something back. He had just about everything an athlete could ask for. He played during a winning era at Mississippi State. He played on the 1980 team that beat #1 Alabama in Jackson, his hometown. He went on to a nine-year pro football career, including a stint with the Super Bowl Champion 1985 Chicago Bears. Tyrone Keys Former Defensive End Giving Something Back |
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