Louise Wright- Director of Physical Training 1904 Louise Wright replaces Pearl Norvell as Director of Physical Training. She helps organize a student-run Women’s Athletic Association to coordinate all UT women’s sports. She is instrumental in starting the tradition of awarding letters to Tennis players in 1904 and basketball players in 1906. Texas women host…
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, …
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…
“All walk-ons must take the Stairs to reach the top” -Billy Dale 09.23.2007 | Football Bill Little commentary: The stairs Once, in a time long ago, one of Austin’s tourist attractions was the view from the dome of the State Capitol Building. The rotunda spiraled toward the painted ceiling, and elevators would take you to…
11.23.2005 | Football Texassports.com BILL LITTLE COMMENTARY: A REASON TO BE THANKFUL It was, and remains today, one of the most powerful pieces of journalism I have ever read. Fred Steinmark, the little safety on the 1969 National Champion Longhorn team, had just died. Blackie Sherrod, one of the best writers in a time of…
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…