Jay Ward has passed away. Jay Ward, a member of the Longhorn Football family, passed away on July 22nd. Jay attended the University of Texas and served as Manager during the 1963 National Championship Team under legendary Coach Darrell K. Royal and renowned athletic trainer Frank Medina. In addition, Jay’s legacy includes a burnt orange…
Texas Athletics Hall of Honor inductee, Eddie Southern died on May 17, 2023. Eddie Southern was an NCAA champion, Southwest Conference Champion, Olympic Silver medalist, Texas Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame inductee, Sunset High Hall of Fame, and Drake relay athletes Hall of Famer. Arguably, some of the best Longhorn track and…
Longhorn Men Olympians who represented the USA Since Wrestling is no longer a sport covered by the University of Texas, I have not included it on the TLSN site. However, Ralph Hammond’s great accomplishment in Longhorn sports history should not be minimized or forgotten. Ralph Hammonds was a versatile athlete at the University of Texas,…
The Genealogy of Texas Quarterbacks – 1977-1997 It was in the 76th year of the 20th century when the Royal reign came to an end. Photo of 5 UT quarterbacks compliments of Steve Weiner Applewhite, Brown, Street, McEachern Gardere Gardere, Street, Royal, McEachern, Applewhite A tragedy occurred in the Texas-O.U. Game at the quarterback…
Coach Gail Goestenkor – An all too Common Story about Employment Burn-out If stress feels never-ending and comes with feelings of emptiness, apathy, and hopelessness, it may indicate burnout. I know many coaches at Texas who have quit due to burn-out, but, to my knowledge, none have admitted it publicly except Coach Goestenkor. Based on…
Bobby Wuensch shares a story about one of the Arkansas players comments made to him 40 years after the game. The Arkansas player says that during the game the Razorbacks on defense were amazed that near the end of the 3rd quarter down 14 to 0 that there was no dissention, no name-calling, no grumbling,…
Learning from Julius WHO SOMEONE ROOMS WITH SHOULD NOT BE A NEWSWORTHY EVENT. HOWEVER, ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1970, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WROTE A “PROVOCATIVE” ARTICLE THAT SAID, “WHITTIER, TEXAS BLACK OFFENSIVE GUARD, IS ROOMING WITH A WHITE PLAYER AND OCCASIONALLY DATING WHITE WOMEN.” I AM THAT “WHITE PLAYER.” IN 1970 COACH ROYAL CALLED THREE SENIORS…
Track is the only sport that athletes reveal their character to the fans as the event unfolds. In the picture to the left, Von Letscher’s struggle is visible. Von Letscher I don’t know if Von finished first or last in this event. Winning or losing is not the message in the photo. The message is much…
DKR WAS AFRAID OF PUBLIC SPEAKING Once while an assistant coach at North Carolina State, he completely forgot his speech at a banquet. Royal said, “I got up to talk and drew a complete blank. If you’ve never had this happen to you, you don’t know how frightful it is and how painful it is…
Much of the information below is compliments of Jenna McEachern’s book “100 things” and Larry Carlson’s article about punters at LONGHORN PUNTERS AND KICKERS (squarespace.com) Russell Erxleben 1975- As of 2007, Russell was one of two Longhorns who was a three-time All-American. He is the greatest punter and kicker in Longhorn sports history. Breaking Bill…