In 1962 two real heat-related deaths in the SWC exposed the belief that water is for sissies as a fraud. It would forever change the national dynamics of hydration at practice. 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…
WLonghorn Ed Hawkins was killed in a car accident. hatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Nolte McElroy 1928 19-year-old Nolte McElroy a U.T. football player during fraternity initiation was instructed to bend down and crawl through a set of bedsprings to which city light wires had been connected. An excited, giggling crowd of Delta Kappa Epsilons were numbed into silence when McElroy fainted from shock, and died 15 minutes later.
1918- 9-0 – COACH BILL JUNEAU- THE INFLUENZA PANDEMIC The Cliff Morgan Rating Service Selects Texas As National Champions 1918- 9-0 – COACH BILL JUNEAU- INFLUENZA PANDEMIC The Cliff Morgan Rating Service Selects Texas As National Champions The first wave of the pandemic killed 200 people from Austin. The second wave claimed 17-year-old Texas football…
Head Coach Wasmund Six days before the opening game of the 1911 season, Wasmund was found unconscious on the ground outside his apartment complex. . His fall was an accident. He suffered from somnambulist. Since Coach Wasmund was known to sleepwalk, the speculation is that this was the reason for his fall and subsequent death….
1894 Dick Lee died due to complications stemming from a pole vaulting accident.
Unlike Texas Basketball, Football, Track, And Baseball, few books discuss Longhorn swimming. I hope that With Time, This Site Can Add Some Historical Insight And Tell The Full And Compelling Story Of The Texas swimming Tradition. Please visit WETS to learn more about Longhorn swimming. The link is denoted in blue font below. http://www.wetswim.org/about-us/founders-page/ WETS…
OTHER NON-LONGHORN SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT INFLUENCED U.T. WOMEN’S SPORTS 1900- The first Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris. 1908- London had 37 female athletes who competed in archery, tennis, and figure skating. 1912- Stockholm featured 47 women, saw the addition of swimming and diving, and removed figure skating and…
CTE The top is good brain and the bottom is stage 4 CTE Contributing to this report: Pro Football Writers Dave Campbell, Schuyler Dixon, Arnie Stapleton, Teresa M. Walker, and Sports Writers David Ginsburg, Bernie Wilson, Jim Vertuno, Steven Wine, and John Zenor. The study included quarterbacks who are taught to stay…
Frank Denius passed away on July 29th 2018 The information to order Frank’s book is below Phone: 800-252-3206 or 512-471-7233 Fax: 512-232-7178 Email: info@utpress.utexas.edu Mail: University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78723 United States Frank Denius, true hero and Consummate Longhorn By Milton Carr (Adjutant, Texas Capital Chapter 1919, The Military Order…