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1976 – Royal – Texas Recruits and the NFL
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Julius Whittier and Billy Dale
Learning from Julius WHO SOMEONE ROOMS WITH SHOULD NOT BE A NEWSWORTHY EVENT. HOWEVER, ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1970, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WROTE A “PROVOCATIVE” ARTICLE THAT SAID, “WHITTIER, TEXAS BLACK OFFENSIVE GUARD, IS ROOMING WITH A WHITE PLAYER AND OCCASIONALLY DATING WHITE WOMEN.” I AM THAT “WHITE PLAYER.” IN 1970 COACH ROYAL CALLED THREE SENIORS…
Walk-on Profile of Happy Feller- two time National football champion All-American and Hall of Honor inductee
Happy Horns for life Happy Feller and Eddie Phillips at practice, preparing for game day Happy Feller was Texas’s All‑American kicker who played for the Horns from 1968–1970. He is famous for record‑setting long field goals and for kicking the winning PAT in the 1969 “Game of…
