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Briggs: Tony Dungy starts 'crusade' to get Ealey in Hall of Fame

Add another voice to the cavalry of Chuck Ealey supporters who can’t believe the University of Toledo legend is not in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Maybe you’ve heard of him.

“I’m starting a crusade,” Tony Dungy said.

How cool is that?

Since we revisited Ealey’s confounding exclusion in recognition of the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest winning streaks in sports history — the Rockets’ never-to-be-repeated 35-0 run from 1969-71 — the campaign for the pioneering star of that golden era to receive his proper due has gained another round of momentum.