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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…
PAT CULPEPPER EDITED BY BILLY DALE for the TLSN site Pat Culpepper’s accomplishments are a reminder to all Longhorns that In sports and far beyond, his contributions to Longhorn heritage shape the present and empower the future. DKR said Pat was “the bubbling extrovert, ready to play at the blow on a whistle.” Most Of…
LAN HEWLETT – FIRST ACADEMIC COUNSELOR IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE SPORTS When Coach Royal takes over, he has several immediate issues to overcome. In Jenna Hays McEachern’s book DKR- The Royal Scrapbook, she notes that Logan Wilson, the University of Texas president, informs Coach Royal that all freshmen will have to pass an entrance exam….
Mark McDonalds shares his story about the definitive book he wrote on the 1969 Big Shoot-out . That game — before, during and after — was one of those seminal moments that we can never forget. For Arkansas fans, it’s something akin to the assassination of a president. Orangebloods treasure the memory, each in his/her…
“I don’t care about my gas and oil, as long as I’ve got my Darrell Royal, sitting on the dashboard of my car.” (from the article. It was the feature article in Sports Illustrated with UT on the cover. 1963 – Edith shares a part of Royal that few knew. 1963 Edith Royal.jpg 1963 Edith…
In 1972, Glen Gaspard and Randy Peschel were the leaders of the team in tackles with 110 and 80, respectively. But in the Cotton Bowls against Alabama and Penn State, Braband did a great job. I think Glen started in the three Cotton Bowls. Football Captain Jay Arnold says about Randy’s induction into the Cotton…
GEORGE SAUER George Sauers’s story is about a brash individual who felt he and most of the other professional football players were terribly mistreated. In many ways, he was like Joe Don Looney, a counter-culture icon stuck in an era of conformity—one who left the fame of pro football in search of a deeper meaning…
8/29/2023 – Jerry Frey remembers the 1964 Cotton Bowl game. I was at the 1964 Cotton Bowl game with my dad, who was a huge Longhorn fan. Back then, the media was based in NY and heavily slanted toward the East Coast teams. The Big Ten got most of the media love. I recall my…
The Road to Burnt Orange While all Dorothy had to do was follow the yellow brick road, finding the Longhorn burnt orange road was as elusive as finding a pot of gold somewhere over the rainbow . It has been said that “what starts here (Texas) changes the world.” If that is so, struggling to…