In the 1960s and early 1970s, race, facilities, and Image hurt recruiting at Texas. In the 60’s and early 1970s, Texas lost many great African American basketball recruits due to UT’s history of racial intolerance. Harold Bradley experienced this rejection firsthand. Twice, Coach Bradley thought that he had crossed the race barrier, but he failed….
Leigh Ann Fetter | Swimming | 1987-1991 During her time at Texas, she became the first woman to swim the 50 freestyle under 22 seconds on her way to her fourth of seven NCAA individual titles. Her time of 21.92 seconds was a Texas record for over 25 years. She was undefeated in her 50…
1990 Butch Hadnot – Texas Tech.jpg 1960 Texas Tech program.jpg izadi_shawn_tech_p1301.jpg Texas vs. texas tech ticket stub 10201983.jpg 1964 Texas Tech program.jpg texas tech 1970.jpg 1961 Texas Tech program.jpg 1963 Texas Tech.jpg Tech ticket 1947.png NO TIME FOR A RED & BLACK FRIDAYby Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org (TLSN’s Larry Carlson teaches sports media classes at…
A 1966 Saturday Evening Post quote from sports writer Myron Cope stated that DKR was the “patron saint of clean-cut coaches.” DKR was handsome and charismatic, often called the “Sweet Bear Bryant.” Little did Royal know that Texas had a list of 115 prospects for the head coaching job. The Interview process 5 hours after…
Don’t be confused about how well they did on the field; these aren’t the best teams, just the best rosters. #5. 1995 This team was loaded!! Tony Brackens, Taje Allen, Bryant Westbrook, Chris Carter, and Chris Atkins were some of the defensive players. Ricky Williams was a freshman. Priest Holmes and Shon Mitchell were…
Demetria Sance – a member of the 2000 Olympic team Among the most prolific players in UT history 1995 National Freshman of the Year Earned All-America, all-conference, and NCAA all-regional honors all four years at UT Named to Big 12 “10th Anniversary Team” in 2005 Was UT’s all-time leader in kills, attacks and digs Led…
Cheerleading images from those who were there from 1961 to 1970 Cheerleaders Cheerleading came into Vogue in the year 1895 among Football Fans. In the early years, Cheerleaders exuded “wholesome sexiness” when performing, but the media changed that to some extent starting in the 1960s. Looks vs. talent was the key element in the selection…
1919 Texas and Texas A & M The Aggies had not been scored on or lost a game in two years, but on this day the largest crowd in the history of football, at that time, in the state when 20,000 fans saw Texas beat A&M 7-3. Texas finished the season undefeated.
Before Title IX, the AIAW, and NCAA women’s sports at Texas, women’s Longhorn softball was successful at the intramural level. I Hope With Time This Site Can Add Some Historical Insight And Tell The Full And Compelling Story Of The Longhorn Softball Tradition. 1940’s softball 1944 softball 1967 track and softball 1968 softball First…
Best Cotton-Pickin’ Sportswriter In America by Larry Carlson https:// texaslsn.org Below are the oral history podcast, text, and photo links to Kirk Bohls. https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/kirk-bohls My buddy, Kirk, is pretty tough. He once played the second half of a late ’60s high school football game with a broken neck. That wasn’t gonna stop the 5-7 135-pound…