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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Penn States athletic department on Thursday announced plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Joe Paternos first game as coach, a move that sparked backlash on social networks by people critical of Paternos role in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.The university announced plans Thursday to mark the anniversary when the Nittany Lions football team hosts Temple on Sept. 17.University spokesman Jeff Nelson told The Associated Press that Penn State plans to announce specifics of the commemoration to ticket holders during the week of the game. He declined further comment on the plans.Paterno coached at Penn State for 46 seasons, becoming college footballs winningest coach. But the coach was fired by the schools board of trustees shortly after Sandusky, who was his defensive coordinator, was arrested in November 2011 for child sexual abuse. Paterno died in January 2012 of lung cancer.The announcement to honor Paternos first game was met with disdain on social media sites from those who partially blame Paterno for the scandal.In May, unsealed court documents said an alleged Sandusky victim said he complained to Paterno about Sandusky in 1976 and was rebuffed. The universitys president has said the allegation was not substantiated in court or tested by any other process. Paterno was never charged with a crime related to the scandal.Sandusky was convicted on 45 of 48 charges in June 2012 and is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence.Moving forward from the scandal has proven a difficult challenge for Penn State, requiring leaders to balance distancing the university from the scandal while juggling the wishes of ardent Penn State supporters who credit Paterno for giving the university an identity to be proud of.Depending on their position people may look at him differently, but it doesnt change that he created that here. Or helped to create that here, Athletic Director Sandy Barbour told the AP in August.The Paterno Foundation had already scheduled a private celebration of the 50th anniversary of Paternos first game as head coach with a Football Lettermens reunion on Sept. 16 at Lubrano Park in State College. Penn State alum and university trustee Anthony Lubrano has been part of a group of Paterno supporters that have been pushing for the school to officially recognize the anniversary.The statue of Paterno was removed from outside Beaver Stadium on July 22, 2012 and highly visible, university sponsored signs of him are mostly hard to find. Paternos name is still on the campus library, which was built in part by his donations. Al Tucker Jersey . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. John Johnson Jersey . Here are his mid-season NBA awards. 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Thunder Jerseys 2021 .Y. -- Syracuse has turned up the defence at the right time all season, and when High Point threatened to pull off a monumental upset the second-ranked Orange did what they do best with their quick hands and savvy play.Former Everton striker Francis Jeffers has returned to the club as an academy coach. The 35-year-old rose through the Everton youth ranks himself and made his debut against Manchester United as a 16-year-old in 1997.His scored 18 Premier League goals in his first spell with the Toffees and was tipped as one of Englands best young strikers but his career never hit such heights after an £8m move to Arsenal in 2001. Jeffers retired in 2013 after a brief spell with Accrington Stanley and is currently working towards his UEFA A licence.After being hired to guide Evertons next generation of goalscorers, Jeffers said: Im passionate about coaching and there is no better place to do that than at the club I love.Ill be working with all the forward-thinking players in the academy, trying to help them on their journey, which I know a bit about because I have been on it myself.You look at it now and teams play mainnly with one striker, some play with none.dddddddddddd Helping forwards be ready for that challenge is something Im really passionate about, because I believe the kids in the academy need more help as a striker.Jeffers played 82 times and scored 22 goals in two spells with Everton and was capped once for England in 2003.But after just four Premier League starts with Arsenal he was offloaded to Charlton for £2.6m in 2004 and scored only 15 league goals during the rest of his career, joining Rangers and then Blackburn, Ipswich, Sheffield Wednesday, Motherwell and Accrington.You can watch Premier League football, Englands tour of Bangladesh and lots more on Sky Sports. 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