Varsity Blues: Here are the nominations for the Earl Morrall Football Player of the Year Award for 2025

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The Local Sports Journal is pleased to name the nominees for one of the Top Sports Awards at its second annual Versity Blues Athles Awards Awards on Saturday in downtown Muskegon's Frauenthal Theater.

The Earl Morrall Football Player of the Year Award will be the Final Sports Award presentation of the unique evening. Tickets for entering the theater can be purchased in the Frauenthal Box Office or online by clicking here.

Celebrating the excellence of the “preparatory athlete” is an honor that the local sports journal has the opportunity.

The high school football combines and shows the many cultural aspects that we believe is about an educational experience. The brass band appears, cheerleaders decorate the side lines, the players compete in an intensive sport with full contacts, in which friends, families and fans are present to encourage and encourage these fine student athletes.

The LSJ employee read articles and spoke to the people “in Know” to find the best nominations for this year's Top Quarterback station. And we have certainly found three outstanding actors.

Here are the nominees for the Earl Morrall Football Player of the Year Award:

TJ Byard, North Muskegon
Jonathan Pittman, Mona Shores
Darekeo speech, muskegon
Camden Thompson, Whitehall
James Young, Muskegon

We decided to name this award to Morrall because he is one of the best football stars in the region in a rich history of the Michigan football. And he happens to be a graduate of the Muskegon High School.

Earl ended his high school career with a unanimous selection as a all-state quarters back and from 1949 to 1952 won in football, basketball and baseball in large red teams.

In his final year at Michigan State University, Earl received a similar award in college by selecting it as an all-American quarters. As NFL Quarterback, who was replaced by the National Football League National Football League in 1968 by the National Football League. replaced.

In the 1956 NFL design, Earl was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the first round. When he finally retired in 1976 at the age of 42, Morrall had thrown 20,809 yards and 161 touchdowns for San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Detroit, New York (Giants), Baltimore and Miami.

The native Muskegon, who has a street, which is named right next to the legendary Hackley Stadium after him, played in four Super Bowl teams (III, VII, VII, VIII), including the winners in Baltimore (1970) and Miami (1972 and 1973).

In addition to his NFL MVP season with the Colts from 1968, Morrall came from the bank in the fifth game of the 1972 season for Miami Dolphins, who replaced the injured Bob Griese.

“Old Bones” led the dolphins to 10 wins in a row before Griese returned to the campaign in the AFC championship game. Miami completed a spectacular 17:0-tongue season and Morrall was selected by the sports news for his contribution.

Although he was a quarterback for the first string for a large part of his career, many Morrall, as the best quarterback of the NFL-one homage to its unique ability, under pressure and his commitment to his craft.