Friends To The End. By Carter Strickland – 2012. This last time Coach came to Willie – the music drew him in – just like that first time. Darrell Royal had won three national championship by the time Willie Nelson hosted his first Fourth of July Picnic. It’s been 60 years since that first time…
THE NAVIGATION TOOL TO THE HISTORICAL PAGES ON THIS WEB SITE ARE AT THE TOP OF THIS SCREEN. THE SITES ARE “TLSN”, “SPORTS”, “GUEST WRITERS”, “MISSIONS”, “ARTICLES” , “LOST TOO SOON”, AND “SENTRY”. “Click on the text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other sites in this “article” grid Expectation of Excellence…
The Network By Barbara Wainscott Former Longhorn student-athletes who shared victories, losses, WORKOUTS, fellowship, sorrow, pain, and joy as teammates create a lifelong bond. Years after the glory days in sports have ended, that bond remains and is the story that Barbara tells in “The Network “. Barbara says , ” Loyd always said…
Three links to Julius Whittier’s story Texas Sports unveiled the statute at the link below. https://texassports.com/news/2020/11/26/football-longhorn-trailblazer-julius-whittiers-statue-to-be-unveiled-friday.aspx Julius Whittier – The Benchmark by Billy Dale link is below. https://www.texaslsn.org/julius-whittier-the-benchmark-1 Vince Young interviewed Julius Whittier and Billy Dale as a thesis to complete his undergraduate degree. https://www.barkingcarnival.com/2020/6/19/21297228/julius-whittier-darrell-royal-changing-the-face-of-texas-football?fbclid=IwAR15eLgByHyekNEVO-RRcuKp2yGzzSA-je42zWtBg2fFzPQOPM6BGn2kmhA
Jay Arnold talks about Longhorn football players from small towns. Jay Arnold Larry: Your topic is such a big part of my heart. Small town guys that Coach Akers, Coach Royal and other staff members recruited were always a solid part of the team during my years. Coach Akers recruited Glen Gaspard and me the…
For those of you who do not know Steve Ross, here is a story he tells about himself and the 1977 OU game that McEachern enters as the 3rd team quarterback. Steve Ross says about this game “it was my first game I ever broadcast live on TV. It was a “local exception” telecast where…
THREE GENERATIONS OF COLLINS UT LETTERMEN It is a goal of TLSN to remember the family tree of former Longhorns who have created Longhorn sports history. Author Mark McDonald shares the Mauldin clan’s family tree at https://www.texaslsn.org/the-mauldins-by-mark-mcdonald, and Billy Dale shares the impressive story of Stewart Keller’s family trees impact on UT sports history at https://www.texaslsn.org/stewart-kellers-longhorn-roots-start-in-1899-orns-sitennis-football-diving. …