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If the Horns have to win based on a roll of the dice like the last decade, we might as well play Texasopoly and forget the game. The Horns have had enough snake eyes to last a lifetime. We need less dice-throwing and more body-throwing in 2022.
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Some who qualify for the pending breakfast and unveiling of the four national championship quarterbacks tell me they did not receive their invitation.
If you were a player, manager, trainer, coach, or a walk-on on the 1963, 1969, 1970, or 2005 national championship teams, you qualify for an invitation to the 8:00 A.M. September 9, 2022 event.
Please send your name and qualifying role if you want to attend, and I will forward your information to the UT Athletic Department.
Horns Up, I am Billydale1@gmail.com.
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At the age of 13, Betty won the 1932 Texas Publinx title, followed by the Southern Championship at 15. Betty is the first woman to ever qualify for a men’s varsity high school golf team in the state of Texas. In 1937 Betty Jameson entered UT. Harvey Penick was her golf instructor.
In 1938 Betty Jameson won the intramural golf championship at Texas. She also won the U.S. Women’s Amateur in 1939 and 1940, the Women’s Western Amateur in 1940 and 1942, and the Women’s Western Open.
She was one of the thirteen founders of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) in 1950. Winning three major championships and a total of thirteen events during her career. She is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. HORNS ???? UP
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The Worster family hosted a celebration of Steve’s life at a restaurant after the funeral service.
Not all tears occur because of pain or sadness. Post funeral was a time to share smiles with tears of joy for a great man. We did so! The photo below captures such a moment for me.
In the photo are Buddy Hudgins, Bill Bradley, Billy Dale, Forest Wiegand, and sitting Bill Atessis. I sent the photo to Atessis, and he emailed me back that Scott Worster intentionally made a cameo appearance in our photo. He is over my left shoulder, holding up the hook’em horn sign.
It did not escape my heart that, perhaps for a split second, a young Steve Worster’s spirit emanated from his son to wish all of his teammates one last Horns up! ????
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POSTCARD FROM THE INDIAN TERRITORY 8/12/2022
Catching Up With Lance Taylor
By Professor Larry Carlson6
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1977 Larry Carlson interviewing Morgan Copeland
This wasn’t my first trip to Tulsa. I had enjoyed this leafy, hilly, beautiful city several times before returning this month to visit with and speak to the Tulsa chapter of Texas Exes. Great, great fun to catch up with my old buddy Lance Taylor and his lovely wife, Karla.
Lance, of course, was the Longhorns’ All-SWC linebacker and leading tackler on the ’77 team that went 11-0 while Earl Campbell pounded his way to the Heisman Trophy. Texas fans still grimace when remembering that Taylor received a severe shoulder injury in win number eleven, a 57-28 butt-kicking of the Aggies in College Station.
In the Cotton Bowl game five weeks later, Lance’s absence in the middle of UT’s “stop ’em” troops was glaring. Notre Dame ran right at the inexperienced players trying vainly to fill his cleated shoes and pulled off a big upset that separated Texas from the national title.
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Left to right Professor Carlson, Rodney Tate, and Lance Taylor in an August 2022 photo. The middle photo is Rodney Tate with one of his many trophies. The right photo is Lance Taylor as a Horn.
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Mark Stone, a student manager in the 1980s, and I visited recently to discuss his Longhorn pro football card collection and Larry Falk’s pending auction of hundreds of items, including many Longhorn CONFERENCE AND BOWL GAME RINGS AND WATCHES.
Mark’s cards and Larry’s collection tell the story of Longhorn greatness through memorabilia. Photos of 90% of the items to be sold at auction are now saved for Longhorn posterity on the TLSN website.
Go to vogtauction.com and click on the Labor Day Spectacular auction, and you can scroll through the photos. The sports start at Lot #104 and go through Lot #251.
However, Larry Falks and Mark Stone’s collections are a work in process on the TLSN website. It will probably take another week to assimilate all the new photos for easy access.
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Mark’s photo is above taken during the 1984 Cotton Bowl game between Texas and Georgia. A game that will live in infamy.
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Below are the links to the TLSN work-in-process photos of Mark Stone’s collection.
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Below are a few examples .
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Two days after Mark stone’s visit, I received a call from Bob Darrow, a Longhorn from the 1990s who offered TLSN images of his pro card collection of Longhorn baseball and basketball stars. It was a NIRVANA moment for me and the TLSN mission. Bob scanned his collection and emailed it to me.
In most cases, the cards are organized chronologically by the athlete’s years as a Longhorn – not by the years the athlete was a pro.
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Photos below are Jay Arnette and Kris Clack
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** To be clear, neither Mark Stone nor Bob Darrow have all the cards of all the Longhorns who made it to the next level in athletics, so work to capture missing pro cards will continue.
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Longhorn History not shared will be forgotten.
There is no better vista for storytelling than through the eyes of those who lived during a particular moment in Longhorn sports history. TLSN is the bridge to the past, always looking for insightful content to share with the Longhorn nation. Sports nostalgia builds bridges to the past, reminding all Longhorns that heritage shapes the present and inspires the future.
If you own a Longhorn athlete card, please send it to Billydale1@gmail.com, and TLSN will publish and recognize you as the card’s origin.
Humorous, profound, significant, insightful, and/or Longhorn photos in your portfolio are always welcome additions to the TLSN website. Please send it to Billydale1@gmail.com in a jpeg format for posting consideration.
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TLSN is an independent organization celebrating Longhorn Sports History and assisting qualifying Horns who need temporary financial assistance.
The TLSN website and newsletter are free, educational, historical, and insightful, sharing Longhorn sports history through the eyes of those who created it.
TLSN is not associated with the UT Athletics Department or any organization closely aligned with UT.
Https://texaslsn.org
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