Brendan Hansen’s oral history is sponsored by Working Exes For Texas Swimming “Most American athletes dream of being “All” something. All district, state, conference and/or All-American. The word “ALL” confirms the skills, talent, and disciplines necessary to be recognized as a superior athlete. But one of the most powerful and significant confirmations of talent does not include the…
Billy, I thought you would enjoy this if you have not seen it already. Some of the proceeds from these two fine men will go to benefit scholarship funds and Texas One Fund for swimming and diving. I’m sure you’ve read the book and with Eddie’s voice now captured, we expect this classic to…
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 red font below. http://www.wetswim.org/about-us/founders-page/…
Prior to Coach Patterson, in 1971, Coach Marilyn Ramenofsky coached the women’s swim team to the state title beating favored Texas Tech. Marilyn comments for TLSN, “Hello I just saw the photo described above and was so delighted. That was the team that took the State Title away from TT, much to all of our…
COACH TEX ROBERTSON – 1935-1950 Coach Robertson learned to swim in Sweetwater, Tx. Tex Is an alternate in the 1932 Olympics Coach’s 72 SWC swimming champions, 17 All Americans, 4 Olympians Develops Camp Longhorn- one of the nations best summer camp programs. He is best known for inventing the flip turn. 1950 is NCAA Coach…
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/…
I believe that Stewart Keller’s ancestral lineage is the longest in the history of Longhorn sports. For 120 years, the Keller name has been associated with Longhorn sports with Stewart Keller representing the Longhorn family tree in 2019. Stewart’s grandfather, Raymond Keller, is in the photo below dressed in a maroon and orange uniform….
Shaun Jordan was not offered many Division I scholarships, but Coach Reese saw something special in his swim stroke and asked him to walk-on at Texas. April 08, 1991 Hook This Longhorn Cutup Shaun Jordan hogged the stage as Texas won its fourth straight NCAA title By Merrell Noden The NCAA men’s swimming and Diving…
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…