Syracuse football gets $25 million gift from former player

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Syracuse University has received a $25 million gift to the school's athletic department from a former football player.

In recognition of the donation, John Lally and his wife, Laura, were presented with a commemorative football during Saturday's game against Western Michigan.

The school said details of how the money will be used will be provided at a later date.

Lally said in a statement from the school that the program "needs to have first-class facilities, operations and support" to become more competitive in the Atlantic Coast Conference and on the national stage.

Lally, an offensive guard at Syracuse from 1977-81, also established a scholarship in the university's Whitman School in his mother's honor.

Lally is president and owner of PCB Piezotronics Inc. in western New York.

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