Coach Leon Black has passed away. Below are two links denoted in a blue font chronicling the life of this great man. Billy, it’s Chuck Black. Don’t know if you heard but dad passed away this morning. Our family appreciates all the nice articles you wrote about him. It’s those memories we hold on to….
Edwin Wright Obituary WRIGHT III, Edwin E. Edwin E. Wright III was born in Gainesville, Texas, on June 7, 1952,. He received a full athletic scholarship in track to the University of Texas at Austin, graduating magna cum laude, followed by a NCAA Track Scholarship to the UT School of Law. While at UT, he…
A tall and muscular athlete, he won All-American honours while at the University of Texas and was the 1975 World University champion in the shot put. A silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games was followed by his first Olympic appearance at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He won a Commonwealth Games bronze on home turf in 1978 and also set a Canadian record of 20.83 m in the shot…
MARTELL PETERMANN Obituary MARTELL LEWIS PETERMANN He will be remembered as a very caring and fun-spirited individual, an amazing athlete, and a wonderful storyteller. In his early years, he worked on the family farm while exceling in football and track, and then graduated from Kennewick High School in 1972. Martell attended the University of Texas…
The youngest member of the U.S. track and field Olympic team, Jones earlier became the first American high schooler to reach the Games’ 100-meter finals since Glendale (Calif.) High senior Frank Wycoff managed the feat in 1928. Competing against the elite sprinters of the world, Jones finished sixth. An article by Billy Dale- A tribute…
Lance Blanks passes away Lance Blanks is #32. FROM THE TOP-LANCE BLANKS-TRAVIS MAYS (SITTING) JOEY WRIGHT -BMW -SQUAD #11 COURTNEY JEANS. #22 TONY WATSON. #3 BENFORD WILLIAMS . TOM PENDERS 1ST TEAM AT TEXAS. Tom Penders, “Mr. March,” institutes a successful Longhorn basketball program, “Bombs Away running Horns Pro-style offense,” that rewrites the Longhorn…
Jim Rose Obituary 1962 Jim Rose.jpg Jim Rose ROSE, Jim R. Jim Rose (Jimmie Ralph) passed away December 23, 2019. He often said that he lived a full and wonderful life. Jim was the only child of Iris Welch and Oliver Ralph Rose. He was born May 16, 1939 at his grandmother’s house in…
OBITUARY Gene Ross MARCH 1, 1943 – OCTOBER 13, 2023 IN THE CARE OF Weed Corley Fish Funeral Homes and Cremation Services What is it about a ball in the water that makes a golfer go to great lengths to recover it? The thrill of the hunt? Because he could? Or did he just recognize…
Mike Perrin and Scott Palmer sent TLSN Jimmy Hull’s obit. He was a member of the 1969 and 1970 national championship “Worster Bunch” recruiting class. Jim Hull Jimmy in profile at a reunion of the Worster Bunch James Hull Obituary James “Jim” Hull12/11/1948 – 10/07/2023James Nace Hull passed peacefully on October 7, 2023 in Houston,…
