Duffy Daugherty - Later Life and Honors

Later Life and Honors

After leaving Michigan State, Daugherty served as a TV color analyst for a number of years. He died at the age of 72 on September 25, 1987 at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California after being hospitalized a month earlier with heart and kidney problems.

To honor his accomplishments at Michigan State, the university named the football team's practice facility the Duffy Daugherty Football Building. The Duffy Daugherty Memorial Award is presented annually to a person for lifetime achievement and outstanding contribution to amateur football. Duffy was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1984 and the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 1975.

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