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Coach Black
Coach Leon Black has passed away. Below are two links denoted in a blue font chronicling the life of this great man. Billy, it’s Chuck Black. Don’t know if you heard but dad passed away this morning. Our family appreciates all the nice articles you wrote about him. It’s those memories we hold on to….
2022- Ken Montgomery – basketball
John Danks is #32 and Ken Montgomery is #40 John Danks Eulogy for Longhorn basketball player Ken Montgomery. John Danks I met Ken in NYC in March 1978 the day before Texas defeated NC State for the NIT championship. You see he played for THEM. The introduction was made by my roommate Jim Krivacs who…
1980’s
The photos below are from the Longhorn Collection of Mark Stone who was a manager in the 1980’s Bryan Millard Mossy Cade Adam Schreiber Doug Dawson John Teltschik Kiki DeAyala Jerry Gray Stephen Braggs Brit Hager Brit Hager Stan Thomas Stan Thomas 1982 Terry Orr 1982 Terry Orr Tony Jones 1988 Stanley Richard 1988 Stanley…
Coach Leon Black- race, facilities, and income hold Longhorn basketball down,
In the 1960s and early 1970s, race, facilities, and Image hurt recruiting at Texas. In the 60’s and early 1970s, Texas lost many great African American basketball recruits due to UT’s history of racial intolerance. Harold Bradley experienced this rejection firsthand. Twice, Coach Bradley thought that he had crossed the race barrier, but he failed….
