The iconic ” steelhead” logo of the Texas Longhorns athletic teams and the burnt orange color worn by them were the result of the work of one man: William “Rooster” Andrews. In 1961, coach Darrell Royal talked to Andrews, who at at time was a salesman for C&S Sporting Goods, about ways to improve the…
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2006-2007- 46-17 Twenty returning lettermen filled the roster. Randy Boone moves from a starting pitcher to a closer. Kyle Russell most home runs Kyle Russel is an All-American and GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD FINALISTS in 2007 and holds the career Texas record for home runs (57) and the season (28) 2007…
in the 1960s and 1970’s race, facilities, and Image hurt recruiting at Texas In the 60’s and 70s, Texas lost many great African American basketball recruits due to UT’s history of racial intolerance. Harold Bradley experienced this rejection first hand. Twice Coach Bradley thought that he had crossed the race barrier, but he failed. James…
Leigh Ann Fetter | Swimming | 1987-1991 During her time at Texas, she became the first woman to swim the 50 freestyle under 22 seconds on her way to her fourth of seven NCAA individual titles. Her time of 21.92 seconds was a Texas record for over 25 years. She was undefeated in her 50…
1990 Butch Hadnot – Texas Tech.jpg 1960 Texas Tech program.jpg izadi_shawn_tech_p1301.jpg Texas vs. texas tech ticket stub 10201983.jpg 1964 Texas Tech program.jpg texas tech 1970.jpg 1961 Texas Tech program.jpg 1963 Texas Tech.jpg Tech ticket 1947.png NO TIME FOR A RED & BLACK FRIDAYby Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org (TLSN’s Larry Carlson teaches sports media classes at…
DKR- The “patron saint of clean-cut coaches”. A ““““““““`1966 Saturday Evening post quote from sports writer Myron Cope. DKR was both handsome and charismatic, often referred to as the “Sweet Bear Bryant.” Little did Royal know that Texas had a list fo 115 prospects for the Texas Head Coaching job. The Interview process 5 hours…
Greatest Rosters in Texas Longhorn History. Top 5 Texas Longhorn Best Rosters of all time…… These are not the best teams, just the best rosters and talent per year. So don’t be confused about how well they did on the field; these aren’t the best teams, just the best rosters. #5. 1995 This team was…
Demetria Sance – a member of the 2000 Olympic team Among the most prolific players in UT history 1995 National Freshman of the Year Earned All-America, all-conference, and NCAA all-regional honors all four years at UT Named to Big 12 “10th Anniversary Team” in 2005 Was UT’s all-time leader in kills, attacks and digs Led…
Cheerleaders In the early years, Cheerleaders exuded “wholesome sexiness” when performing, but the media changed that to some extent starting in the 1960s. Looks vs. talent was the key element in the selection process. Colleges wanted 12 Farrah Fawcett more than a person with great spirit to galvanize the fans. Media chose to sexualize Cheerleaders…