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. …
The TLSN site uses some content and photos from the Stark Center site to add depth to the history and evolution of conditioning and weightlifting for the Longhorns. One of the Stark Centers’s directives is to study kinesiology’s effect on athletes and sports. If you want more information about the Stark Center, Please visit the…
Jan Todd’s night with Johnny Carson Terry Todd’s Documentary https://medium.com/@TheAlcalde/how-two-powerlifters-founded-one-of-uts-most-unique-places-fd4c82ed641b How Two Powerlifters Founded One of UT’s Most Unique Places Jan Todd has a Doctor of Philosophy PH.D. American/U.S. studies/civilization for U.T. and she is a professor and Director of the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center of the University of Texas at Austin. Her husband, Terry…
In the Beginning The Evolution of Strength Training For the Texas Longhorns Strength training is not a modern invention. Egyptian tombs show pictures of lifting bags filled with sand and stone swinging and throwing exercises. These types of things were also popular in early Germany, Scotland, and Spain. Weightlifting competitions date back to the early…
Theo Bellmont – 1913-1929 The Stark Foundation’s board agreed to provide a $3,5000,000 gift to recognize and honor Stark for his service to UT by constructing the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center right next to a building named after one of his best friends – Bellmont Hall. One of Bellmont’s first hires was a freshman—Roy J….
Roy McClean, Lutcher Stark, and Theo Bellmont were convinced that weightlifting could enhance an athletes’ skills. 1919 – 1967 ROY MCCLEAN SLOWLY AND METHODICALLY PROVES THAT ATHLETES WHO LIFT WEIGHTS ADD STRENGTH, QUICKNESS, AND SPEED. Roy J. McLean, born in Austin in 1897, grew up on the edge of the campus and was a “mascot”…
This is part of an article in Sports Illustrated about the 1963 Texas-Oklahoma game By Dan Jenkins Darrell Royal was revered in Texas even before he led the Longhorns to the 1963 national championship. Neil Leifer/Sports Illustrated In the latest SI 60, Dan Jenkins writes about a bunch of Texas football fans as they travel…
Jim Blaylock was DKR’s personal hire as equipment manager. A position so economically important to the survival of UT Athletics that Jim was housed behind a bank teller type of cage so no one had access to equipment accept Jim. Billy Schott’s says I once summoned up the nerve and asked Mr. Jim for a…
The Toilet Bowl as told by David Anderson David Anderson David Anderson says “You may hear about the legendary Toilet Bowl “touch” football game that was played on the Friday afternoon or Saturday morning of the UT-Baylor game. The day it was played was determined by the location of the UT-BU game. In 1971, trainer…