Snyder and Allison correspondence
When I Get to Where I Am Going https://youtu.be/yYHT-TF4KO4 Songwriters: Teren George G., and Rutherford Melvern Rivers May 30, 2011 Bill Little Commentary: Memorial Day Remembering fallen Longhorns of World War I and WWII As Americans remember those who have served in the United States military and died while in the line of duty, there’s…
The good news about growing older? Because as your vision deteriorates, your insight improves. In this season of being grateful for blessings received, let me tell you why it has for me. Snyder as a longhorn tennis player As I look back at my college years a half-century ago, I am grateful for the…
While all Dorothy had to do was follow the yellow brick road, The Longhorns had to follow a confusing Rainbow of brick roads and many false starts that ended nowhere. It has been said that “what starts here changes the world”. If that is so, Texas created the full spectrum of the color palette for…
Jim Bayless celebrates the history of Men’s Longhorn tennis in the podcast below. Fall 1972: The Coach Dave Snyder Era at UT Begins Longhorn Tennis Player and Coach Extraordinaire Dave Snyder 1950s 1958 2000 2000 I well remember my first encounter with Dave Snyder as our new coach. Dan Nelson and I had been practicing…
1957-1973 – COACH WILMER ALLISON As a Tennis player for the Longhorns in the 1920s, Wilmer Allison was the National champion, only losing one set in his college career. Allison was selected as a member of the UT Hall of Fame, The Texas Sports Hall of Fame, the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame, the…
Game, Set, and Match by Jim Bayless A Memoir by Jim Bayless My Four Years As A Member Of UT’s Varsity Tennis Team Under Coaches Allison And Snyder Gave Me An Education, In Tennis As Well As In Life, Which Was Unimaginable To Me Prior To My Arrival On Campus As A Freshman…