Click on link below to celebrate the life of Chuck Hartenstein. https://www.texaslsn.org/campaigns/view-campaign/3s1AwPmfwOoeQ7KppKBkOsNod6KfSYzgmRdEKkk7K9bAKcJAsZY3eID0wZDzeXpCd-n6qd4FTSe4rfCKKlnU9Ja7V5WZIaRN Rembering Chuck Hartenstein by Jim Deitrick. Photo is Jim Deitrick Growing up in Western Pennsylvania, I was ( still am) a Pirate fan. I remember Twiggy working in relief roles with mixed results. One of my favorite players on the Pirate team was…
Professor Larry Carlson shares his personal memories of Steve Worster at the redlink below #30 WAS #1 STEVE WORSTER BY LARRY CARLSON (squarespace.com) Prayers for all who had a personal relationship with Steve, and prayers for all of us who are a part of the Longhorn nation. We have truly lost a legend. Bobby Bruce…
There have been three athletic facilities on the campus named for the university’s influential early leader James Benjamin Clark. James Clark Clark Field #1 The first Clark Field, operated from 1887 through 1927 at the southeast corner of 24th Street and Speedway configured for a baseball game. The stands were built in sections and movable so…
“Click on the text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other sites in this “article” grid Betty Thompson, “The Quiet Crusader” sets the tone for the transition from the Hiss doctrine to the Lopiano Renaissance. Betty Thompson’s thoughts about women in sports were closely aligned with Anna Hiss. Like Hiss, her…
The spirit of Title IX is now part of the great history of Longhorn sports as witnessed by the winners of awards presented at the Women’s All Sports Banquets. A sampling follows: Definition of awards given at the Women’s All Sports Banquet. The Women’s Athletics Department’s highest…
The history of Longhorn Women’s sports from 1896 to 1921 is at the link below. https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/1896-1921 1899-1900 Pearl Norvell started the physical education department as the physical training instructor hired to develop organized team sports. Basketball was her specialty. The first basketball scrimmage was in January 1900 in the Old Main building. …
As of July 18, 2022 -still no updates published by the family or social media. LaJune Bradley Praying for Gus & his family. A great coach & wonderful friend! Carolyn Craven Prayers for coach. Gaye Cuevas Thank God he is stable! A true Longhorn Legend! Laird Markland Prayers for our awesome coach! Hook’em Thomas Moore…
Abe Lemons and Darrell Royal Comparisons Abe Lemons’s legal name is A E Lemons (no periods after A or E). When he joined the armed service, the recruiter told him he needed a name, not initials, so. A E Lemmons put a B between his initials, and he became Abe. He regrets not…
Remembering Lemons, Texas’ NIT title-winning team 40 years later ByLARRY CARLSON Apr 1, 2018 Long before Longhorn basketball backers swooned for Tom Penders’ ” BMW Ultimate Scoring Machine” of Blanks, Mays and Wright, before Rick Barnes and KD, a coach with a sharp tongue and a star player with a soft middle put their stamp on hoops…