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1957-1976 Longhorn Women’s Sports History -The Struggle for equality
FOR INFORMATION ON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL BEFORE 1957, PLEASE VISIT the following three links: https://www.texaslsn.org/19211957-anna-hiss, or https://www.texaslsn.org/1896-1921 , or https://www.texaslsn.org/the-importance-of-the-1940s-for-womens-sports Table of Contents 1957- Anna Hiss retires as the women’s director – Women’s sports history 1957-1961 1962-1974 BETTY THOMPSON transitions women’s sports from Hiss to Lopiano. BETTY THOMPSON “NOR HELL A FURY LIKE A WOMAN SCORNED”…
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As of 2008 the most popular football numbers are…
The winner is #81 with 6 All-Americans Joe Parker- 1943, Hub Bechtol – 1946, Carlton Massey – 1953, Maurise Doakc-1959, Shahe Dronett- 1991, and Pat Fitzgerald-1996 #10- Marty Akins-1975, D.D. Lewis-2001, James Saxton-1961, and Vince, young-2005 #66- Chal Daniel- 1941, Harley Sewell – 1952, Herb Gray -1955, and Doug Dawson 1980 #79- Dick Harris –…
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1973 interview with Taylor, Tate, Arnold, Bennett, Yeoman, and Schott
THE LONGHORNS RING SIX TIMES by Larry Carlson August 2022 Larry Carlson, Rodney Tate, and Lance Taylor It has been fifty autumns since the Texas Longhorns capped the longest era of dominance in Southwest Conference annals. Coach Darrell Royal’s teams — featuring the wishbone offense and swarming defenses — won six straight SWC trophies,…
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2023 Bill Little
Bill Little’s Burnt Orange Spirit is remembered by many Billy,Jenna and I heard that Bill Little passed tonight. Jenna’s going to send you something she wrote about Bill in 2017. God bless Bill Little a true Legend! Randy McEachern Billy, Bill passed away this evening. He and I enjoyed a 50-year friendship, and I am…
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Loyd Wainscott
Loyd Wainscott By barbara wainscott For my husband, Longhorn football was like a religion. He lived and breathed it for long after he finished playing it. He went on to play for the Houston Oilers for a couple of years, until he destroyed his knee and then on to play one season for the FIRST…
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Barbara Wainscott- THE CLOSER
The Closer- bY bARBARA wAINSCOTT A story about DKR’s recruiting skills in the 60’s as seen thru the eyes of Longhorn all american Loyd wainscott My youngest daughter is the Assistant to the Athletic Director for Klein High School in Houston’s far north side. It’s a 6A high school with a large athletic department. Lately…
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DKR- the Bridge Builder football
Crossing the Bridge- The most significant years of Coach Royal’s life were inspired by a poem that helped him overcome a fear of public speaking. In the process, the poem’s message was the epiphany that directed him to his true calling, which was, as poet Will Allen Dromgoole said, “ to help youth whose feet…
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Power, politics, and money destroy amateurism
TABLE OF CONTENTS to the History of recruiting infractions – 1900-1959 The NIl, NCAA Infractions: The Record No University Wants To Hold, CHRONOLOGY OF NCAA’s rules, infractions, and the recruiting process 1890’s thru 1930, CHRONOLOGY OF NCAA’s rules, infractions, and the recruiting process 1930 thru 1944, CHRONOLOGY OF NCAA’s rules, infractions, and the recruiting process 1945 thru the…