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RIP Elroy Morand. The former Florida A&M quarterback is pictured below in action during a 43-26 victory over Alabama A&M in the 1966 Orange Blossom Classic. The Orange Blossom Classic was a postseason game hosted by Florida A&M University against a highly ranked HBCU team. The game was held annually at the Orange Bowl during the first week of December from 1947 to 1978. It often determined the black college national championship.
Elroy Morand grew up in Marion County, FL and was a talented 4-sport athlete at all-black Howard High School in Ocala during segregation. He earned a football scholarship to Florida A&M University, where he played for legendary coach Jake Gaither from 1964 to 1967. He was a 2-year starter for the Rattlers and often split time with his younger backup Ken Riley, who later became a hall of fame cornerback with the Cincinnati Bengals. A captain on the Rattlers football team, Morand was also a member of FAMU’s renowned track and field program.
After college, Morand went on to a long coaching career at the college level. Among his stops included a 2-year stint as receivers coach at the University of Miami under then head coach Lou Saban in 1977 and 1978. He also served as running backs coach on Charley Pell’s staff at the University of Florida in the early 1980s. Elroy Morand recently passed away. He was 82.
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