Baseball 1940- 1967 Bibb Falk
1939 Coach Disch last year – Bibb Falk continues to build on the Disch Legacy. The team goes undefeated in the SWC for the first time in 20 years. …
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1968-1982 Baseball Cliff Gustafson
Handwritten resume written circa 1966 by High School Coach Gustafson ! 1968- 1996- Coach Cliff Gustafson Darrell Royal, then the athletic director at Texas, gets credit for hiring Cliff in 1968. Royal was asked in 1994 if he ever dreamed Gustafson would be so successful. He responded, “Hell, no, If I’d known that, I’d…
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1911-1940 Baseball Billy Disch
This is a key research book for Longhorn Baseball history Billy Disch and Bibb Falk did not have to hit the road to seduce recruits. The players came to them if they had any professional aspirations. 1911-1939 – Coach Billy Disch Three great Coaches -Disch, Falk, and Gustafson Coach Disch is hired…
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Tommy Harmon’s Bio
Article written in early 2020 WE ALSO PLAY A LITTLE BASEBALL Tommy’ Harmon’s T-ring reflection Tommy Harmon has lived a blessed life. Even though Tommy is now in his 70’s, he still has a boy’s view of his life when discussing his Longhorn roots. Tommy Harmon says, “I still have a forever-lasting love for the…
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Jim Raup shares a story that captures the play by play Life of a pitcher- Lessons learned that have lasted a lifetime.
WHEN TO CELEBRATE A LOSS. Billy Dale says, “as I learned in high school track, losing can be part of a winning formula. On a day I set a personal best time in the 100-yard dash, I finished last in the heat. As a 17-year-old boy, I was surprised that I was happy as…
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Gaylon Krizak- 1949 Longhorn Baseball National Champions
Article by Gaylon Krizak ’49 Longhorns: Unlikely champs almost didn’t get their chance By Gaylon Krizak Ten games into the 1949 baseball season, it was clear to at least one observer that Bibb Falk’s latest edition of the Texas Longhorns just didn’t measure up to its predecessors. Granted, the bar the ’49 Longhorns faced…
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1885-1910 Baseball
Below is the list of all the baseball head coaches since 1896 H. B. Beck – 1896 1. F. Weikart – 1897 2. A. C. Ellis – 1898–1899, 1901–1903, 1909 3. Maurice Gordon Clarke – 1900 4. Ralph Hutchinson – 1904–1906 5. H. R. Schenker – 1907 6. Brooks Gordon – 1908 7. Charles A….
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Tom Ball baseball
HARDBALL WITH TOM BALL Professor Carlson’s interview with Tom Ball is at TOM BALL BASEBALL ⚾ INTERVIEW (squarespace.com) 1974 Tom Ball photo at last game ever played at Clark Field by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) With a name like Tom Ball, you just had to be born to stand out as a sports star….
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2009-Last man standing by Bill Little
THE MAGICAL 2009 TEAM – RUNNER UP IN THE CWS BUT A CHAMPION IN THE HEARTS OF FANS WITH A 50-16-1 RECORD Started the season with 11 wins. The Horns won their 4th consecutive Big 12 Championship. Texas was the top seed in the NCAA tournament losing to LSU in the finals. AUSTIN WOOD…
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College World Series & no hitters
NO HITTERS March 28, 1946 Bobby Layne 7-0Southwestern-Clark Field Austin, May 4, 1946 Bobby Layne 2-1Texas A&M College Station, June 19, 1950 Jim Ehrler 7-0 Tufts Rosenblatt StadiumOmaha, First no-hitter in CWS History April 29, 1955 Tommy Jungman 8-0 RiceClark Field March 28, 1969 James Street 5-0 SMU Dallas, TX April 3, 1970 James Street…
