Red McCombs has passed away. To Know Red McCombs heart watch the video below. You may not know it, but Red McCombs has impacted your life. From pro basketball franchises to the business school at UT, softball for the Longhorns, to funding cancer research, Red McCombs is a factor in your life. Red is from…
“Click on the text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other sites in this grid. ” During Anna Hiss’s years at Texas and beyond, women were condescendingly stereotyped by advertisers, elites, professionals, and the media. These ads from the 1960s would land someone in jail in 2023. This Imagery made it…
The lure of NCAA TV exposure and travel subsidies left just three ranked teams sticking with the AIAW and winnowed its 1982 tournament field to 16. As a result, NBC canceled plans to air the championship game between Rutgers and fifth-ranked Texas at the Palestra in Philadelphia. A crowd of 1,789 attended, and Rutgers’ student…
DKR is in New York with Street, Koy, and Halsell to receive the McArthur Bowl as the football national champion in 1969. President Nixon is in attendance. Halsell is on DKR’s left shoulder. Koy is behind DKR, and Street is on DKR’s right shoulder. The Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease is advancing…
Article by Gilbert Rogin. Part of an article titled FLAMIN’ MAMIE’S BOUFFANT BELLES is below A BEAUTY-MINDED TEXAN PIONEERS A NEW GLAMOROUS LOOK IN WOMEN’S TRACK BY GILBERT ROGIN Early one-morning last month, when nothing was stirring in Abilene, Texas but the reels of Muzak tape in a storefront on North Fourth Street, Mrs. Margaret Ellison…
Former Texas coach Cliff Gustafson to be eulogized at where else: Disch-Falk Field Story by Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman • Yesterday 4:12 PM The family of Cliff Gustafson will hold a celebration of the life of the legendary Texas baseball coach next week at UFCU Disch-Falk Field. The services will be held at 3 p.m….
Why a Former Student-Athlete Will Be Your Best Employee Follow Kirsten Dodds Published on November 19, 2015 Resource Development at United Way of Calgary and Area This past week I engaged in conversation with several other graduates from the University of British Columbia who were also members of the HEAT athletics program. This sample of…
JUAN CONDE – 5/30/2022 Billy, I Enjoyed Reading The Latest Edition Of Your Newsletter. DKR Hired Me In 1959 And I Remained On His Staff Until 1976 When He Retired. I Met The Talbert Brothers When I Worked In The Equipment Room As An Assistant To Mr. Jim Blaylock. The Meanest, Toughest Of The Talbert…
It takes a team to build a player from scratch Kenneth Sims would be the first to admit that it takes a team to build a great player. So much so that he said, “I’m so proud of my teammates because you can’t have a Hall of Fame career without a bunch of Hall of…
Dana LeDuc’s Mean and Tough list from the Aker’s era. 2022- Coach Vermeil with Dana at the NFL Hall of Fame ceremony. I recognize Dana’s sandals as a reproduction of one made in the late 1960s. ???? I think my mother has mine in the attic in Odessa. Billy, Going back in time, these are…
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