Honors
Click on the Image below to celebrate the Longhorn Football honors HONORS AND AWARDS CLICK ON PHOTO
2014 James Saxton
James Everett Saxton Jr. (May 21, 1940 – May 28, 2014) was an All-American football and College Hall of Fame player for the University of Texas and a finalist for the 1961 Heisman Trophy. Though he never took a snap in high school, Texas coach Darrell Royal envisioned Saxton as a quarterback, and so during his freshman and sophomore years that…
Rodney Page and Leon Black
As 1973 rolled around, I became the UT Women’s Basketball coach and our mutually beneficial relationship continued and accelerated. Wow! To say that we were on a shoestring budget would be an understatement. Our salvation was Leon Black. Let’s be clear, no money or funds changed hands. Yet, Leon Black’s generosity and benevolence were worth…
Lutcher Stark- a Precursor to contemporary Longhorn strength coaches
Reflection Point Lutcher Stark When you enter the stadium from the west side, you go into Bellmont Hall, named after our first AD. Theo Bellmont, one of the founders of the SWC, was only the second most influential person on the program from 1910-1935. http://www.starkcenter.org/message-from-the-director/ In the book “100 Things” author Jenna McEachern says, “Stark…
Danny Lester
A story by Cotton Speyer about Danny Lester While communing with a small group of friends recently, I asked the birth date of a mutual friend that was coming up in late June. June 23 was the answer. Ok I said, “June – Danny Lester”, I’ll now always remember the date on June 23….
David Hall – baseball
Deborah Hall shares a photo of her husband David Hall who was the 1970 batting champion for the Longhorns with a .364 batting average. David developed into an outstanding hitter hitting .396 to lead the 1969 Longhorns. He was a strong line-drive hitter and dependable fielder at 3rd base. David could also pay outfield when…
2022- Ken Montgomery – basketball
John Danks is #32 and Ken Montgomery is #40 John Danks Eulogy for Longhorn basketball player Ken Montgomery. John Danks I met Ken in NYC in March 1978 the day before Texas defeated NC State for the NIT championship. You see he played for THEM. The introduction was made by my roommate Jim Krivacs who…
Trilogy Part III 1991 – Shane Dronett
Part III of A “A Trilogy + 1” of football neurodegenerative diseases Thank you for including Shane. He was such a nice guy. He was bagging groceries and helping pay rent in HS. So when he got to UT and couldn’t work, he didn’t have two nickels to rub together. The Varsity dining hall was…
Trilogy Plus ➕ DKR Study
+ 1 of the “ TRILOGY + 1” Study OF FOOTBALL NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES. Cleaats Co-principal investigator Dr. Munro Cullum In 2022 we know that the bell-ringing sound that occurs in football after a hard hit is not harmless. the ring conceals dangers that can manifest themselves decades later. Originally studied in boxers in the 1920s,…
2009- soccer Emily Anderson- walk-on
Emily Anderson