1970’s
The Face Mask Enigma I visited the LBJ Library looking for text or photos to add to the TLSN history of Longhorn sports website. I was not disappointed. The image depicted in the LBJ Library states, “This mask was used from the 1890s thru the 1920s.” It took me a few seconds to assimilate the…
View in Browser The 1969 National Football Season 2019 is the 150th year of college football and the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Longhorn national championship team. The Cotton Bowl victory against Notre Dame was the 20th victory of a 30 game win streak built around the 1967 “Worster Bunch” recruiting class. In the Que…
A pouch full of rings was found in the attic at a home in Odessa.- a T-ring, Permian ring, and a 1968 SWC championship ring. Jane Tierney contacted me via Facebook and said: “I think these may belong to you. They were found in my parent’s house in Odessa. Please message me, and I’ll find…
THE TALL TALE OF DEAN CAMPBELL by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org It sounds straight out of Mayberry, RFD. A young Dean Campbell recalls playing some good ‘ol neighborhood football in his Austin neighborhood in 1957, when the city bore a closer resemblance to Mayberry than it does to the Austin of today. A young, 30-ish…
The photos below are from the Longhorn Collection of Mark Stone who was a manager in the 1980’s Casey Hampton Major Applewhite Quentin Jammer Chris Simms Mike Williams Roy Williams D.D. Lewis Nathan Vasher Chance Mock Selvin Young Bo Scaife Limas Sweed Robert Killebrew Brian Robison Michael Huff Rodrique Wright Vince Young Cedric Griffin David…