This edition reflects changes made to the collection bio in June 2007.
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The materials were donated to the University Archives by Michael O'Shaughnessy in 2006.
The photographs were placed in acid free folders and then housed in acid free containers. DVD's were removed from their original cases and placed in archival DVD sleeves. The poster was placed in an oversized acid free folder and stored in a flat file archives drawer.
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Michael O'Shaughnessy Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
UCF Football began in January 1979 when the newly inaugurated Dr. Trevor Colborn announced he would look into a football team for the university. Within several months, Dr. Colborn and Athletics Director Jack O'Leary approved the formation of a new football team for UCF, which started play later that fall in NCAA Division III. Since then, UCF Football has seen enormous growth both with the success of its former players as well as its facilities. Several players went on to have stellar careers in the NFL, including UCF's most famous player, Daunte Culpepper. UCF Football comes home to the Brighthouse Networks Stadium in September 2007 after playing their first twenty eight seasons at the Citrus Bowl in downtown Orlando, Florida.
Mr. O’Shaughnessy is a graduate of UCF where he participated
in Varsity collegiate baseball and football and was a radio commentator for UCF
football. He is the proprietor of Michael O’Shaughnessy Real Estate
Brokers, member of the Winter Park Development Corporation, and the founder of
The Millennium Woman Foundation. Mr. O’Shaughnessy is also the author of
the books "Millennium Woman - A Guideline to Personal Security and Financial
Prosperity for Today's Woman" (2000) and "Blue Collar Iron Man" (2006). An avid
paddleboarder, Mr. O'Shaughnessy holds three Guiness world records and two
world records in the sport which includes the fastest crossing of the English
channel, Florida Straights, Cuba to the United States, Irish Sea and Scotland's
largest body of fresh water, Loch Ness. These and other paddleboarding records
held by Mr. O'Shaughnessy can be found at
The collection is seperated into two series, Video and Photographs & Posters.
Series I: Videos, Circa 1979-1981, contains DVD copies of news footage collected on the early years of UCF Football. Eight different histories can be found which show interviews from past players and news footage from the time period.
Series II: Photographs & Posters, Circa 1979 & 2000, holds a poster and reproduced photographs showing UCF Football. The poster was commissioned by Michael O'Shaugnessy in 2004. The images in this series are reproductions of original photographs.
The series contains DVD copies of news footage collected on the early years of UCF Football. Largely comprised of television news segments, the footage was digitally recorded from masters into DVD format. Footage of interviews conducted by local Central Florida NBC affliate WESH 2 sports journalist Pat Clarke for UCF's bid to the 2005 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl can also be found in this series. These interviews include coaches and players from the first UCF Football teams as they reflect on their time at UCF and how the University's football program has grown.
The series holds duplicate photographs and a visual poster montage of UCF's football history. The photographs show Darrell Rudd in action from 1981-1984. Also featured is the Dodge truck called "Touchdown Thunder" that the team used to build team pride across campus by driving it to and from games. The truck was painted black and gold and features the names of team members.