BEFORE TITLE IX, WOMEN SPORTS AND THE AIAW AND NCAA WOMEN’S SPORTS AT TEXAS WERE BUILDING A STRONG FOUNDATION AT THE INTER-MURAL AND INTRA-MURAL LEVEL. I HOPE WITH TIME THIS SITE CAN ADD SOME HISTORICAL INSIGHT AND TELL THE FULL AND COMPELLING STORY OF THE LONGHORN Swimming TRADITION. 1938 1938 1939 1939 Winnaiinl Griffin swimming…
Dana LeDuc called TLSN and said that Charlie Wilcox had passed away. Dana says”, At Charlie Wilcox’s celebration of life today in Conroe, Tx. A good showing of about eight former Longhorn Football players from the early 70’s. God Bless, Dana Obituary for Charles Walter Wilcox 1973 Charlie Wilcox.jpg William and Charles Wilcox Horns UP!…
I had coffee with Jay Messer. He’s not a Longhorn football player, but he sounds like one since he knows everyone from the 1967 and 1970 teams. He was at Bill Catlett’s celebration of life event. Jay has lived an interesting life, but so has his father. His dad wanted to be a Longhorn, but…
Frank Erwin 1931 Joe Turner wins the Best Water-Man Cup . This cup is given annual to the best all round swimmer by the Texas Book Store. Athlete must be efficient in all water sports including diving to qualify. (looking for Turners photo) Skippy Browning | Diving | 1950-1952 The six-time diving All-American posted a…
sports- a pulse on American life, but not the heartbeat. It was destiny that turned a successful Aggie Coach into a successful Longhorn Coach and a Longhorn football player’s grandson into a Texas Aggie. Read on to witness a rare moment in Longhorn and A & M history when these two proud Universities shared the…
Young girls dream of being a Longhorn softball player Texas is the only program in the NCAA with three USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year awards. UT’s Louisville Slugger/NFCA All-Americans Nikki Cockrell All – American Nikki Cockrell Second Base 1998, 1999. inducted into the Hall of Honor in 2006. NCAA Texas Woman of…
1957-1973 – COACH WILMER ALLISON As a Tennis player for the Longhorns in the 1920s, Wilmer Allison was the National champion, only losing one set in his college career. Allison was selected as a member of the UT Hall of Fame, The Texas Sports Hall of Fame, the Helms Foundation Hall of Fame, the…
Longhorn Olympians Gilbert Ford- 1956 Kevin Durant 2012 and 2016 Jay Arnette, 1960 Olympian Billy: You are probably already on it, but former Longhorn Jay Arnette was a member of the original Olympic basketball “Dream Team” In 1960. Jay went on to play both pro basketball and pro baseball before coming back to Austin and…
The late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan answered the question, “Why do sports matter so much?” “It matters because sport is vital, it is viable, it is basic, and it is essential. Sport is not a frivolous distraction, as one may first believe without thinking. Sport is an equal-opportunity teacher. It is a non-partisan event. It is…
Unlike Texas Basketball, Football, Track And Baseball there are very few books that discuss Longhorn tennis. I hope with time this site can add some historical insight and tell the full and compelling story of the Texas tennis tradition. 1976 is the first year of NCAA sanctioned tennis at Texas Tennis record thru 2015 is 717…