(Mount Pleasant, MI) — A Heard County Brave Hall of Famer added to his long list of athletic and academic accolades earlier this month when he was inducted into to his alma mater’s athletics Hall of Fame.
Thomas “Red” Keith was one of the six individuals inducted into the 2018 Hall of Fame Class at Central Michigan University. Keith was a standout linebacker for the Chippewas and the most successful college football player to hail from Franklin, GA.
According to CMU’s Hall of Fame announcement in July, Keith was the ‘linchpin’ of Central Michigan defenses, helping to lead the Chippewas to Mid-American Conference championships in 2006 and in ’07.

Thomas “Red” Keith during his HOF acceptance speech at CMU
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