If you want to get Courtney Hawkins started, just bring up the issue of specialization in high school sports.

All too often, kids are being told they need to focus on one sport to have a chance of playing at the college or professional level.

It's particularly prevalent in Flint, where many youngsters are steered toward year-round basketball.

Hawkins hates what he sees.

Goggins, a fullback, was captain of the University of Detroit football team in 1951. He was a three-year starter and selected to the Catholic All-American team. At St. Michael High, he lettered four years each in football, basketball and baseball.

MacDonald was the nation’s teaching small-college passer at Central Michigan University in 1950-51 and earned All-American honors. He was head coach at Northern Arizona University from 1956-60 and served as an assistant coach with three NFL teams. At Northern High, he was the quarterback from 1946-48 and head coach from 1956-60, when he compiled a 41-81-3 record.