View in Browser Glen Sefcik sent the following comments from Owen Yarborough. Bill Elliott is currently going through some medical issues—several months ago bill had a bleeding episode and the cause was a diverticula problem—a pocket lead to a severe bleed just before he was scheduled to get his other hip replaced—his hemoglobin count got…
View in Browser Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Last TLSN newsletter for 2019 will be after Christmas but before the New Year. JON DASILVA’S pending documentary “The Kicker” about Longhorn football player Fred Bednarski captures the horrors of WWII, new beginnings in America, and college football records. The story is about 8 year old…
View in Browser The 1969 National Football Season 2019 is the 150th year of college football and the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Longhorn national championship team. The Cotton Bowl victory against Notre Dame was the 20th victory of a 30 game win streak built around the 1967 “Worster Bunch” recruiting class. In the Que…
Top of the Que 08/16/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #20 Longhorn Sports History is forgotten if not told and captured for posterity, and Longhorn sports history told by those who created it is the best. 8/16/2019 To: Bill Atessis, From: Nicholas C. Hetherington ESPN Thank you so much for participating in the Show. I am really…
If you like this newsletter, please ask other lettermen to join. Send the individuals email address to Williamdale@msn.com for the set up. There are presently 1800 plus former student athletes using the site to deliver messages to their peers. Below is an example. Horns , With all of our combined efforts we have approx 250+…
Welcome to the Texas Longhorn sports historical website. The site converts UT history, UT traditions, UT legacies, UT culture, individual records, photos, insightful comments, and personal commentary from former athletes, trainers, managers, coaches, and their families into a form that all Longhorns can celebrate. Top of the Que 08/27/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #21 celebrates the…
View in Browser Top of the Que 09/08/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #22 celebrates Longhorn Swimming Carnivals, the 1969 Longhorn National Championship , admonitions from Tennis Coach Wilmer Allison , and author James Michener’s favorite subject- Hondo Crouch. All of these stories are in the Que at https://texaslsn.org The letter below written to the 1973 Longhorn…
View in Browser Top of the Que 09/19/2019 VOLUME IV NEWSLETTER #23 Welcome to the Texas Longhorn sports historical newsletter and website. UT Sports history, UT traditions, UT legacies, UT culture, individual records, photos, insightful comments, and personal commentary from those who made Horn history into a form that all Longhorns can celebrate. Click on…
View in Browser In the Next newsletter dated October 3, 2019 , the information below will be in the que. The generosity of Clyde Rabb Littlefield is allowing the Stark Center to establish a new lecture series. Our first Clyde Rabb Littlefield Lecture features Asher Price, author of the highly acclaimed biography, Earl Campbell: Yards…
Randy McEachern’s dream in 1977 impacts the future of Longhorn football. Randy’s story is in the Que as well as John Scott’s 1967 walk-on story, and a historical salute to men’s Tennis and women’s rowing. Top of the Que 05/06/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #14 2019 David Bales, Fred Akers, Kenneth Sims, and Randy McEachern at…