1980 boycott of the Moscow Olympics
Statistically the 1914 football team and basketball team still lead in many Longhorn Sports history categories Brought to you by the Stark Center Clyde Littlefield Hall of Honor Inductees from 1914 1914 Basketball team Check out the ages of the athletes SWC champs – Undefeated Size and scores 1914 football team One of the best…
Best Cotton-Pickin’ Sportswriter In America by Larry Carlson https:// texaslsn.org Below are the oral history podcast, text, and photo links to Kirk Bohls. https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/kirk-bohls My buddy, Kirk, is pretty tough. He once played the second half of a late ’60s high school football game with a broken neck. That wasn’t gonna stop the 5-7 135-pound…
Bohls: Texas To Honor Four National Championship Teams With Quarterback Busts Kirk BohlsHookem Kirk Bohls 0:00 0:59 AD Texas to celebrate Duke Carlisle, the late James Street, Eddie Phillips and Vince Young. All four quarterbacks were Texas-bred players who had spectacular signature plays in their careers. Montana sculptor Ken Bjorge also created the Earl Campbell…
The Longhorn Knothole Club 3000 strong The Longhorns never sold out a game during the pre and post-depression years. So UT allocated 3000 free seats to school-age fans and some high school bands. UT delivered Knothole Club memberships cards to some public schools. The kids got so rowdy during the game that UT and to…
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In the 1962 Cotton Bowl, the University of Mississippi presented a 51-yard by 90-yard Texas Flag to Texas Governor Daniel and the Texas Band. The band director Vincent Dinino could not spare the bodies needed to run the flag out on the field so he gave it to the U.T. Athletic Department, who then…