Mildred Ella Didrikson remains arguably the best woman athlete of the 20th century. She was brash and talented, and she was from Texas. Known as the Texas tomboy, she was a hustler who loved to exaggerate her feet and obscure the details of her life story. She rejected dominant ideas of femininity, but she was…
1944 Texas Brochure compliments of Mark McDonald Mark McDonald In 1944 one of the most colorful characters in Texas signs with Texas. Because of Bobby Layne’s deep respect for Coach Billy Disch and his desire to play for a great college baseball team, Layne signs with Texas. Bobby Layne would become both a Longhorn football…
Five Texas Longhorns football records that will never be brokenThere have been a lot of impressive feats on the football field by the Texas Longhorns over the years, by five records stand out among all the others.Chris HummerJun 15th, 2015, 2:05 PM Horns 247 Texas Longhorn Football individual records that will probably never be broken….
The Cotton Bowl from 1942- 1995 matched the champion of the SWC with an opponent from another conference. The Horns played in 22 Cotton Bowls, and UT has nine former players and coaches in the Cotton Bowl Hall of fame. No other school comes close. 1943 George Tech loses 17-14 – Jack Freeman MVP Jack…
CHRIS PLONSKY 2001- 2023 07.04.2016 Texassports.com Chris Plonsky is the NACDA President for 2016-17. “It is an honor to serve NACDA, its membership and Executive Committee,” Plonsky said. “We are enjoying record levels of diversity, engagement, and participation in all NACDA organizations. This period is a critical time in collegiate athletics. NACDA members work every…
First base – Jeff Ontiveros (1999-2002) was selected to the all-Longhorn sports history team because he was the career leader in games played, games started, at-bats, and total bases. Jeff followed single and career home run hitter Kyle Russell in the hypothetical batting order. Jeff was second in both of these categories. link is to…
Longhorn Sports landscape changes dramatically During the years 1972- 1979 Longhorns play for a football National Championship in 1977 The basketball team wins the SWC 4 times Texas track builds a dynasty Baseball team wins 4 consecutive SWC Championships Women’s Athletics comes on strong reaching national prominence in basketball, tennis, swimming, diving, and golf….
1984 The Texas athletic program is recognized as the best in the country. In the 14 years of presenting this honor, It is the only other university to receive this award besides USC and UCLA. 1986- Women lead in sports The women’s swim defends two national championships. The basketball team defeats USC for the national…
1949 Betsy Rauls In October 1950 Babe Didrikson Zaharias showed Betsy Rauls what it takes to win at the professional level of golf finishing 9 holes in front of Betsy. Betsy took the lessons learned from Babe and mastered golf under the tuteledge of Harvey Penick.
The Longhorn Teapot Saga The Origin of Tea-sips as told by Ray Gonzales The term “tea sip” came from our university cafeteria, a wooden structure, unfortunately, named the “tea house” that was located near the Simkins dorm. I even ate there. The aggies saw it and made fun of the name. That’s where…