William Edward “Rooster” Andrews Rooster was offered a scholarship at Texas A & M, but Kutner interceded and convinced Coach Bible to offer him a scholarship. After Rooster graduated Coach Bible said he was “the best manager I ever saw.” Class of 1945Inducted into HOH 1966 FOOTBALL (1941-45, Manager, Kicker, Halfback)BASEBALL (1944, 1946, Manager) …
Reggie Grob was well-liked and respected on the football team. He was the first walk-on of Royal’s career to earn a scholarship. On September 1, 1962, three Texas football players collapsed from heat exhaustion and were rushed to the hospital. All three – Lee Hensley, Jim Besselman, and Reggie Grob were in satisfactory condition by…
Football player Jordan McNair from Maryland, Reggie Grob from Texas, and Joe Good, a Fictional Character from West Texas, all died of heat stroke. Stopping heatstroke deaths requires adequate hydration by coaches and trainers who understand both the causes and symptoms of heatstroke. On September 1, 1962, Reggie Grob, a Texas football player, was rushed…
HOW LONG IS THE SHELF LIFE OF A LONGHORN SPORTS ACCOMPLISHMENT? iN 2019 the 1969 Longhorn football team celebrated the 50th anniversary of the National Championship at the Kansas game. While I did not attend the event, I was there in spirit with emotions reflective of a 70-year-old man trying to remain relevant in a…
Scott Appleton- a soul REDEEMED On the day Scott Appleton was buried in March of 1992 at the age of 50 due to heart conditions, many at the funeral had known three separate and distinct Scott Appletons. A great and passionate top athlete in high school and college moved to the bottom starting with his…
THE ONE-YARD RUN FOR THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN IN THE 100TH YEAR OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL WAS A TEAM EFFORT. THE PLAY COMPLETED A PERFECT SEASON AND A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE TEXAS LONGHORNS. Bobby Wuensch, Randy Peschell, Steve Worster, Jim Bertelsen, and Billy Dale all did their job, and as Tom Campbell said on Facebook once…
I try not to break the (NCAA) rules but merely test their elasticity.” Coach Bill Veeck For more than a century, the collective cult of many coaches and wealthy alums tested the limits of the NCAA recruiting rules with a wink. The SWC led in “winks.” The first era that Winkers ruled college sports was…
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“They keep telling me things are getting better,” Johnson said. “Well, sure, they’re getting better, but when you want something really bad, you don’t want to wait 20 years for it.” In 1973, less than a year after achieving his dream of graduating from The University of Texas, Carl lost his life in a freak…
Annette Smith -The Game Changer by Annette’s teammates, Billy Dale, and jule cart BY JULIE CART- Times Staff Writer- DEC. 10, 1985 -AUSTIN, Tex. — In 1983 Annette Smith of Texas was All-Everything, averaging 25 points per game for the nation’s top-ranked women’s college basketball team. It was pretty swell for a while, but in stories like these,…