The Unlikely Football Pioneer- Fred Bednarski

By Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org Don’t tell me you don’t remember Ivan Putski. He was all over your ’60s and ’70s TV “set,” back when you had rabbit ears or tin foil to get three channels.He was a rough, tough “wrassler” in the mold of Fritz Von Erich, Wahoo McDaniel, Pepper Gomez and Johnny Valentine.So…

Major Applewhite “What if…?” By Larry Carlson

Texaslsn.org By Larry Carlson Major Applewhite is a storied quarterbackin’ figure in UT history, a record-setter and cucumber-cool finisher who already qualifies as polished top brass among the ranks of Longhorn fan favorites.   But how much brighter would his star shine, had he been provided with a few more opportunities at Texas? What if he…

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Scott Soden – baseball player – passed away 08/24/2024

Scott Soden played outfielder for the Longhorns from 1979 to 1979. He was known for his impressive performance on the field and held the record for the longest home run hit at Texas at one point. After his college career, he was hired as the head coach at San Antonio East Central. He was a…

Joe Don Looney- UT beat  O.U. on Saturday, stopping the star sooner back.  There never was a player  so aptly named as Joe Don Looney.
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Joe Don Looney- UT beat  O.U. on Saturday, stopping the star sooner back. There never was a player so aptly named as Joe Don Looney.

1963 Texas O.U. game by Roy Jones TEXAS-OU MEMORIES: The hype leading up to the annual bloodletting at the State Fair in Dallas always harkens me back to the best game ever in the series. Since that first game in 1900, the Longhorns and Sooners have faced off 118 times, but only once have the…