History of All Sports

  • Ben Crenshaw 1

    Ben Crenshaw To know Ben Daniel Crenshaw starts with DKR’s saying, “the real mark of a man is how he treats people who can do nothing for him.”  Golf does not define Ben Crenshaw-never did. Ben Crenshaw is a winner, but not just because of the small numbers he wrote on scorecards or a impressive…

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    Bowl games 1909-2019

    The college football bowl tradition began with the first Rose Bowl game on January 1, 1902, but the modern “bowl series” truly took shape in the 1930s when multiple postseason bowls were established. First Bowl Game (1902): The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, was the very first postseason college football game, played between Michigan and…

  • Gaylon Krizak- 1949 Longhorn Baseball National Champions

    Article by Gaylon Krizak    ’49 Longhorns: Unlikely champs almost didn’t get their chance By Gaylon Krizak Ten games into the 1949 baseball season, it was clear to at least one observer that Bibb Falk’s latest edition of the Texas Longhorns just didn’t measure up to its predecessors. Granted, the bar the ’49 Longhorns faced…

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    Soccer honors

      Team honors thru 2005   First-team Soccer Academic honors thru 2005        NCAA TOP VIII AWARD RECIPIENTS 2004 Kelly Wilson NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS 2004Kelly Wilson GTE/CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 2004Kelly Wilson         GTE/CoSIDA ACADEMIC-DISTRICT VI 2002 Alex Gagarin  2003 Kelly McDonald  2004 Amy Burlingham  Kelly Wilson  Dana Hall  2005 Amy…

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    1900’s thru 1963 “Tom and Harvey Penick Era for golf

    Unlike Texas Basketball, Football, Track And Baseball There Are Very Few Books Or Research Material That Discuss Longhorn golf.  I Hope With Time This Site Can Add Some Historical Insight And Tell The Full And Compelling Story Of The Texas golf Tradition.       Looking through the window of future dreams to be a member…