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Frank Erwin Awards Banquet – Friday September 26th. 6 PM Social
ByBilly Dale 08/30/202509/03/2025

Frank Denius Longhorn Hall of Fame and Touchdown Club RSVP for the Banquet at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wetswim.org%2Fbanquet&data=05%7C02%7C%7C0436241a95a1423d1bb208dde6741fbf%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638920108624047677%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=CJW%2FCOnxpCyiuoJX2nLBhF5%2Fj7sqtPH7%2Fdaa4RtkCgc%3D&reserved=0 Dinners are $75 pp. Remember: 2026 Legacy Donors ($250) are entitled to two Erwin dinners and Century donors ($100) may receive one dinner. 2025 Erwin Award Honorees John Eisler- (1997-2000) 4X Junior National Champion. 3X SWC champion and All-American diver….

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2001-2015 Coach Reese swimming
ByBilly Dale 06/23/202404/16/2025

Coach Reese Record NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 15 NCAA RUNNER-UP FINISHES 13 TOP-3 NCAA FINISHES 35 TOP-10 NCAA FINISHES 42 Completed his 44th season at Texas (2021-22) Has led Texas to an NCAA-leading 15 national team titles, 13 NCAA runner-up finishes and 35 top-three finishes at the NCAA Championships 42 consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships…

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Men’s Swimming Honors
ByBilly Dale 05/22/202410/29/2024

Frank Erwin 1931 Joe Turner wins the Best Water-Man Cup . This cup is given annual to the best all round swimmer by the Texas Book Store. Athlete must be efficient in all water sports including diving to qualify. (looking for Turners photo) Skippy Browning | Diving | 1950-1952 The six-time diving All-American posted a…

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Diving men and women
ByBilly Dale 03/23/202401/20/2026

Before TITLE IX, WOMEN SPORTS, THE AIAW, AND NCAA WOMEN’s SPORTS, TEXAS built A STRONG FOUNDATION for Longhorn women AT THE international, INTRA-MURAL LEVEL, and club levels. I HOPE, WITH TIME, THIS SITE CAN ADD SOME HISTORICAL INSIGHT TO TELL THE FULL AND COMPELLING STORY OF THE LONGHORN diving TRADITION. 1939 >“Click on the text…

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1979-2000 Coach Reese
ByBilly Dale 03/23/202407/05/2025

Longhorns are having a party Splishing and Splashing to national championships 1979- To Present Eddie Reese Athletic Director Coach Darrell K. Royal made many wise decisions in hiring coaches for Texas. Cliff Gustafson, Abe Lemons, and Eddie Reese are three of them. DKR, the most accomplished coach in UT…

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Men swimming olympians
ByBilly Dale 03/09/202407/16/2024

REESE AT THE OLYMPICS At the 1984 Los Angeles Games Rick Carey- won three gold medals in the 100 and 200 backstroke, as well as the 400 medley relay – As head coach of the 1992 U.S. team in Barcelona, Reese’s swimmers captured 13 medals, including six gold. Former Longhorns Hans Dersch earned a gold…

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Eddie Reese Book
ByBilly Dale 01/24/202412/04/2024

Billy, I thought you would enjoy this if you have not seen it already. Some of the proceeds from these two fine men will go to benefit scholarship funds and Texas One Fund for swimming and diving. I’m sure you’ve read the book and with Eddie’s voice now captured, we expect this classic to…

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1951-1969 Coach Chapman- swimming
ByBilly Dale 01/09/202401/23/2025

Unlike Texas Basketball, Football, Track,And Baseball There Are Very Few Books That Discuss Longhorn swimming. I Hope 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 red font below. http://www.wetswim.org/about-us/founders-page/…

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David “Skippy” Browning – 1956 diving
ByBilly Dale 06/13/202301/16/2026

DAVID GREIG “SKIPPY” BROWNING JR. (JUNE 5, 1931 – MARCH 13, 1956) Skippy was a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. He represented the US at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he received a gold medal in springboard diving. After his Olympic victory in Helsinki, Browning shinnied up a flag pole to steal an Olympic flag and was arrested. In January 1953 he graduated from…

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1934-1950 Coach Tex Robertson- swimming
ByBilly Dale 05/01/202310/04/2025

COACH TEX ROBERTSON – 1935-1950 Coach Robertson learned to swim in Sweetwater, Tx. Tex Is an alternate in the 1932 Olympics Coach’s 72 SWC swimming champions, 17 All Americans, 4 Olympians Develops Camp Longhorn- one of the nations best summer camp programs. He is best known for inventing the flip turn. 1950 is NCAA Coach of…

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