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Former Spartans All-American Don Coleman dies at 88

Michigan State's first unanimous All-American football player died Monday, the school announced. Don Coleman, an offensive lineman for the Spartans' 1951 national championship team, was 88 years old.

Coleman earned three varsity letters at Michigan State after graduating from Flint Central High School in Michigan. His jersey was the first number retired by the Spartans program and he was inducted into the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame in 1975. Michigan State coach "Biggie" Munn called Coleman the "finest lineman ever to play for Michigan State."

He ended his professional football career early to serve in the Korean War.