Bill Little articles For https://texassports.com– At Last , the letter “E” Down to the Bone, The Victory lap, A Birthday and a Mexican Dinner A PLACE IN THE HALL — STEVE MCMICHAEL, A Tale of two Houses Dancing With the Stars The End of the Game The tie that Binds 9.02.2012 | Football BILL LITTLE COMMENTARY: AT…
Bill Little articles For https://texassports.com– The Bridge, Pain Threshold, Larger than Life, Fathers Day, ‘S’ has more than one meaning, The Littlest Longhorn , A toast to Willie Morris, Just for the fun of it, Remembering Emory and the Wishbone, Houston 2010, You can begin again, 12.28.2011 | Football Dec. 28, 2011 Bill…
1935-1938 Coach Chevigny was an innovator and proactive thinker, if not a good coach. He bought a field cover to protect the grass on the football field and started filming games for study purposes. 1935-1938 Under Chevigny, Texas had its first ‘training table” and athletic dorm with a “dorm mother” by the name of “Ma…
The Orange Jackets Since its inception in 1923, OJs have been actively serving both UT and the greater Austin community. Orange Jackets is the oldest honorary service organization at the University of Texas. The organization’s core tenets are excellence in scholarship, leadership, service, and community. Orange Jackets have been sporting this uniform since the UT…
“For other information on Support Staff please visit the panel to the left with subjects in red font.” Longhorn TRAINERS AND STUDENT MANAGERS 1893-1959 1893 First Longhorn football manager- Walter Crawford. Although UT began playing football in 1893, the first hired coach for the Horns was Reginald DeMerritt Wentworth who contracted to…
In 1937 the Silver Spurs were formed to take care of the Texas mascot. The organization did not have much to do for over a decade, as the team mascot was never defined. Currently, the Silver Spurs are very busy taking care of Bevo, who travels better than most students in a custom trailer driven…
DOC HENRY “Gunga Din” Henry Reeves attends to injured Longhorns. Long before the University of Texas at Austin hired Charlie Strong, even long before the first African-American athlete was admitted to the University of Texas at Austin, the university had Henry Reeves. From 1875 to 1915, Reeves was trainer, doctor and manager — generally the…
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…
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. …
To add depth to the History And Evolution Of Conditioning And Weight Lifting for the Longhorns, some content and photos from the Stark Center site are used on the TLSN site. One of the Stark Centers directives is to study Kinesology’s effect on athletes and sports. If you want more information about the Stark Center, …