Red McCombs has passed away. To Know Red McCombs heart watch the video below. You may not know it, but Red McCombs has impacted your life. From pro basketball franchises to the business school at UT, softball for the Longhorns, to funding cancer research, Red McCombs is a factor in your life. Red is from…
“Click on the text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other sites in this grid. ” During Anna Hiss’s years at Texas and beyond, women were condescendingly stereotyped by advertisers, elites, professionals, and the media. These ads from the 1960s would land someone in jail in 2023. This Imagery made it…
The lure of NCAA TV exposure and travel subsidies left just three ranked teams sticking with the AIAW and winnowed its 1982 tournament field to 16. As a result, NBC canceled plans to air the championship game between Rutgers and fifth-ranked Texas at the Palestra in Philadelphia. A crowd of 1,789 attended, and Rutgers’ student…
DKR is in New York with Street, Koy, and Halsell to receive the McArthur Bowl as the football national champion in 1969. President Nixon is in attendance. Halsell is on DKR’s left shoulder. Koy is behind DKR, and Street is on DKR’s right shoulder. The Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease is advancing…
Article by Gilbert Rogin. Part of an article titled FLAMIN’ MAMIE’S BOUFFANT BELLES is below A BEAUTY-MINDED TEXAN PIONEERS A NEW GLAMOROUS LOOK IN WOMEN’S TRACK BY GILBERT ROGIN Early one-morning last month, when nothing was stirring in Abilene, Texas but the reels of Muzak tape in a storefront on North Fourth Street, Mrs. Margaret Ellison…
Former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson to be eulogized at where else: Disch-Falk Field Story by Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman • Yesterday 4:12 PM The family of Cliff Gustafson will hold a celebration of the life of the legendary Texas baseball coach next week at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The services will be held at 3 p.m….
Click on the photo below to listen, read, and share the visual story of 33 Longhorn Brand Builders. Names are organized alphabetically by last name. Lone Star Gridiron produces the oral history of Longhorn brand builders- Click on the photo to visit the oral history of Longhorn brand builders.
Below is the link to an excellent adventure sharing Jimmy Nixon’s vision and passion for celebrating the greatness of some past Longhorn football players. The road to creating Jimmy’s four bronze Longhorn quarterback images was a special time in the life of Billy Dale 2021 A MOST EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (squarespace.com) Jimmy Nixon, with help from…
Herkie Walls to Robert Brewer “Remember Brew Baby the Cream Always Rises to the Top” The link to Roberts’s oral history podcast with photos and written content is at https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/robert-brewer Robert’s family roots are part of Big 8 and SWC college football history. His father was a quarterback for the Longhorns, and his Uncle played…
Glenn Blackwood podcast is below Squarespacehttps://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/glenn-blackwood-football Glenn Blackwood’s oral history podcast, text, and photos are sponsored by Beth Coblentz. GLENN BLACKWOOD: BRUISING, STINGING KILLER “B” by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Glenn Blackwood was kind of hot under the collar. After 40 minutes on the phone with me and Chris Doelle of TLSN one recent…