National Championship reunions for 1969 team in 2001- 2005
Donnie Wigginton’s interview is at https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ Billy Dale says: Less than a handful of “boys turning to men” can say they received a pitch-out from the first four quarterbacks in the productive history of the Wishbone. Yours truly is one of them. Bill Bradley, James Street, and Eddie Phillips had a soft pitch with a…
Mike Campbell is in the hospice section, and his arm is fine now. Courtney and I went on the 4th of July for a big luncheon they were hosting for the family. He is so bad now that he has to always be fed. It took me forever to cut up and feed him his…
Steve Ross writes For most of Coach Royal’s career, the NFL was an afterthought in terms of a full-time career. Most NFL players had off-season jobs. When that started to change, so did coach. Just look at his last 4 or 5 recruiting classes – that’s when more NFL-caliber players began showing up on campus:…
The University of Texas football team briefly stopped in Fort Worth, Texas en route to the Rockies for their opening game against the University of Colorado. Pictured on their train, left to right, are Malcolm Kutner and Chal Daniel. Both players have the potential to be all-conference. Kutner, an end, is reading…
Before the Wishbone offense took center stage, the opposing defense’s job was to react and neutralize the offensive play. Emory Bellard changed the defensive strategy with the option offense by devising the first successful offensive college running scheme dictated by defensive decisions. Neither offensive nor defensive players knew who would get the ball when the…
Chevigny the Showman- 1934-1936 1933 – Chevigny is the Head Coach at St. Edwards. His magnetic personality won over the city of Austin, and the sportswriters loved his persona, saying, “There is no doubt that Chevigny is a coaching wizard.” When Littlefield resigned, the Athletic Council chose two coaches to interview with the Board of…