1894 Dick Lee
1894 Dick Lee died due to complications stemming from a pole vaulting accident.
Nathan Kasper
Nathan Kaspar WALKING ON TAKES AN INDIVIDUAL WITH SPECIAL CHARACTER, CONFIDENCE, AND INNER STRENGTH. ATTRIBUTES also NEEDED WHEN WALKING-ON in THE GAME OF LIFE. A longhorn home football game in 2005 was dedicated to the victims of a hurricane that devastated the Gulf Coast region. During the start of the game, senior Karim Meijer, a…
Tyres Dickson Thank you letter
First and far-most, my family and I would like to thank you and all those involved, your consideration(s) and effort(s). Your action most certainly makes a difference. My name is Tyres Dickson, a proud member of the T Association, via the football class of 1997. My career was ended In the spring of 1998, as a…
A Bond that Lasts a Life Time
Sports matters because it “is vital, it is viable, it is basic, and it is essential. Sport is not a frivolous distraction as one may first, without thinking, believe. Sport is an equal-opportunity teacher. It is a non-partisan event. It is universal in its application. “ ”I see sport as an antidote to some of…
1926-1935 Men’s swimming
Unlike Texas Basketball, Football, Track, And Baseball, few books discuss Longhorn swimming. I hope that 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/ WETS…
Non-Longhorn events that enhanced women’s sports
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…
Other CTE Stories
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…
Coach Strong
Playing is about “production”- Coach Strong Ty Templin Coach Strong was a walk-on in college, so he understood and respected the plight of a walk-on. Strong said, “I don’t look at guys like Haines or Templin as walk-ons,” If they come out and put in the work and they’re good enough, they’re going to play.”…
Frank Denius Auto-Biography
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,…
Joe Jamail- Super Supporter
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…