Nolte McElroy 1928 19-year-old Nolte McElroy a U.T. football player during fraternity initiation was instructed to bend down and crawl through a set of bedsprings to which city light wires had been connected. An excited, giggling crowd of Delta Kappa Epsilons were numbed into silence when McElroy fainted from shock, and died 15 minutes later.
1918- 9-0 – COACH BILL JUNEAU- THE INFLUENZA PANDEMIC The Cliff Morgan Rating Service Selects Texas As National Champions 1918- 9-0 – COACH BILL JUNEAU- INFLUENZA PANDEMIC The Cliff Morgan Rating Service Selects Texas As National Champions The first wave of the pandemic killed 200 people from Austin. The second wave claimed 17-year-old Texas football…
Head Coach Wasmund Six days before the opening game of the 1911 season, Wasmund was found unconscious on the ground outside his apartment complex. . His fall was an accident. He suffered from somnambulist. Since Coach Wasmund was known to sleepwalk, the speculation is that this was the reason for his fall and subsequent death….
1894 Dick Lee died due to complications stemming from a pole vaulting accident.
Unlike Texas Basketball, Football, Track,And Baseball There Are Very Few Books That Discuss Longhorn swimming. I Hope With Time This Site Can Add Some Historical Insight And Tell The Full And Compelling Story Of The Texas swimming Tradition. Please visit WETS to learn more about Longhorn swimming. The link is denoted in blue font below. http://www.wetswim.org/about-us/founders-page/…
OTHER NON-LONGHORN SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT INFLUENCED U.T. WOMEN’S SPORTS 1900- The first Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris. 1908- London had 37 female athletes who competed in archery, tennis, and figure skating. 1912- Stockholm featured 47 women, saw the addition of swimming and diving, and removed figure skating and…
CTE Top is good brain bottom is stage 4 CTE Contributing to this report: Pro Football Writers Dave Campbell, Schuyler Dixon, Arnie Stapleton, Teresa M. Walker, and Sports Writers David Ginsburg, Bernie Wilson, Jim Vertuno, Steven Wine, and John Zenor. The study included quarterbacks who are taught to stay in the pocket, where they absorb…
Frank Denius passed away on July 29th 2018 The information to order Frank’s book is below Phone: 800-252-3206 or 512-471-7233Fax: 512-232-7178Email: info@utpress.utexas.edu Mail:University of Texas PressP.O. Box 7819Austin, TX 78723United States Frank Denius, true hero and Consummate Longhorn By Milton Carr (Adjutant, Texas Capital Chapter 1919, The Military Order of the Purple Heart, Austin,…
About DKR Joe Jamil said: ““I don’t think this country ever produced a better coach… I know it never produced a better man.”” — Joe Jamail Joe Jamail thru the years http://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/the-greatest-lawyer-who-ever-lived/ Joe Jamail contributions to Longhorn traditions represents a portal to the past that reminds Longhorn fans that heritage shapes the present and…
The TLSN site uses some content and photos from the Stark Center site to add depth to the history and evolution of conditioning and weightlifting for the Longhorns. One of the Stark Centers’s directives is to study kinesiology’s effect on athletes and sports. If you want more information about the Stark Center, Please visit the…