1980 boycott of the Moscow Olympics
1972 – Bobby Giles played a key role on a successful Longhorn football team. I initially wanted to share the story of Bobby Giles because AI said he was a walk-on football player at Texas who neither played nor lettered. Garbage in, garbage out with AI, so be careful and don’t believe everything you…
The Three Athletic Dorms in the history of Longhorn sports may be in trouble with NIL money available for athletes to move to more posh accommodations. Moore-Hill Hall Hill Hall is named for Dr. Homer Barksdale Hill of Austin who volunteered to treat UT athletes from 1893 until his death on July 18, 1923. Beginning…
T-Ring by Edith Royal https://youtu.be/vlldDCJ7UXU Before the T_Ring there was an organization formed called the “Order of the T” and the “T” Association The origins of the T-Ring and the importance of the ring to recipients are shared in the following article. The T-Ring was first introduced to Texas athletics during Coach Royal’s first season…
Clark Field #1 — the original UT athletic field — was established in 1887 and closed in 1927. Key details Opened: 1887, originally called Varsity Athletic Field. Renamed: 1904, when it officially became Clark Field in honor of James Benjamin Clark. Closed: 1927, when UT prepared the site for new campus construction and athletics moved to…
Ragan on his ranch with one of his Longhorns. Choosing the “correct” Longhorn logo and the “correct” color for the Longhorn Nation took 75 years!!! But there is still competition from other Logo designers. In the early 1900s, the University logo is a star, a star with the “T” in the middle, and a star…
Colonel Walter s. Hunnicutt wrote “Taps” the song with James E. King. Honeycut said he wrote the song to “counteract the songs and yells of the uncomplimentary Aggie songs which demeaned U.T. Click on the Text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other sites in this grid