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Gibson's HOF college football career set stage for diamond drama

They know him mostly for his Hollywood home run with the Dodgers and for his hair-flying leap celebrating a World Series-clinching homer on behalf of the Tigers in 1984.

They know him as a baserunning freight train who nearly knocked Blue Jays catcher Pat Borders across Michigan Avenue and into Windsor during a memorable Tiger Stadium collision.

They know him as a big-league manager. And as a coach. And, now, as a Tigers baseball announcer.

What too many forgot or didn’t know was how marvelous Kirk Gibson was as a college football player at Michigan State.