Fred Akers, 1914 season, - Rauls and Steinhauer, living forward

Hi Longhorn Nation,

As communicated on last week; Coach Akers’ Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, January 12th at 11 am.

For those players/coaches that wish to make a short video expressing wonderful memories of Coach Akers; you may email your brief video to blake@clcaustin.com as soon as possible.

The service website information is clcaustin.com/fredakers. The memorial service will start at 11 AM; however, you will be able to access the website as early as 10:30 AM. if there are any questions about the video, Blake is available to answer any and all questions. His phone number is 940-390-4099.

Please continue to pray for the Akers family and we will advise of any additional updates.

Thanks and have a blessed and safe New Year!

Doug and Debra Shankle



TLSN is a free, educational, and historical newsletter sharing the History of Longhorn sports in a form that lives forward, reminding Horns that heritage shapes the present and inspires the future.

1914 was a terrific year for Longhorn Sports. The Cactus of 1915 states:

“The past season was perfect. We won, always won. Adversaries melted and spectators stood aghast. In the realm of football we were supreme. But underlying all of these decisive victories and gigantic scores was that most valuable characteristic- Texas Spirit.”

Clyde Littlefield led both Longhorn sports teams to undefeated seasons. A record that can never be broken.





The football team outscored opponents 358-21. Two of those opponents were Baylor and O.U. Even more impressive is that 7 members of the 1914 teams were inducted into the Longhorn Hall of Honor- Louis Jordan, Gus Dittmar, K.L. Berry, Pete Edmond, Clyde Littlefield, Alva Carlton, and Leonard Barrell. Also inducted from the 1914-1915 class were Coach Billy Disch, Coach David Allerdice, and “Doc”’ Henry. The Stark Center has honored the 1914 teams with a significant exhibit. The link to the Stark presentation is at https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/1914.



Len Barrell scored 14 touchdowns, kicked 34 extra points, and added a field goal for a total of 121 points for the 1914 season-a record that lasted until 1997 when Ricky Williams broke the record.

Longhorn sports history is lost forever if not shared by those who participated or supported U.T. Athletics. TLSN is a dynamic, active website growing every day with articles written, comments expressed, photos captured, and special moments chronicled by 100’s of individuals who have chosen to add to the website’s spirit.

Your comments can be as long as Jim Bayless, who spent months chronicling 100 plus years of Longhorn Tennis history for the TLSN website. Or your story can be one to three sentences.

Former Longhorn Soccer coach Pibulvech shared with me via email three years ago that “I no longer view my years at Texas and the other universities as a failure. I hope the Longhorns win a National Championship in soccer, but that no coach should gauge their success on winning a once in a lifetime national championship, but instead should gauge their success in building a program that gives the team a lifetime of chances to win the national championship.”

Email comments or photos to Williamdale@msn.com



Coach Pibulvech https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/coach-dang-pibulvech-womens-soccer-1



Harvey Penick recognized Betsy’s talent and helped mold her into one of the greatest women golfers of all time. Betsy says about Harvey, “his interest in students for their own sake rather than for the sake of his own reflected glory” won her over. Thru the years, Betsy referred many other talented women golfers to Harvey. https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/1947



Sherri Steinhauer is a first-team All-American at Texas, and winner of four major professional golf tournaments. In the book Life of Coach by Mickie Edwards, she says that “Coach Weis didn’t try to instruct her players about playing golf. She never worked with us on swing specifics. She would give us tips and goals to strive for, but she left the golfing mechanics up to our pros.” https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/history-5

TLSN is an independent organization celebrating Longhorn Sports History and assisting qualifying Horns who need temporary financial assistance.

The TLSN website and newsletter are free, educational, historical, and insightful sharing Longhorn sports history through the eyes of those who created it.

TLSN is not associated with the UT Athletics Department or any organization closely aligned with UT.

Https://texaslsn.org

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TLSN is a free, educational, and historical newsletter sharing the History of Longhorn sports in a form that lives forward, reminding Horns that heritage shapes the present and inspires the future.

1914 was a terrific year for Longhorn Sports. The Cactus of 1915 states:

“The past season was perfect. We won, always won. Adversaries melted and spectators stood aghast. In the realm of football we were supreme. But underlying all of these decisive victories and gigantic scores was that most valuable characteristic- Texas Spirit.”

Clyde Littlefield led both Longhorn sports teams to undefeated seasons. A record that can never be broken.

The football team outscored opponents 358-21. Two of those opponents were Baylor and O.U.

The Stark Center has honored the 1914 teams with a significant exhibit. The link to the Stark presentation is at https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/1914.

Len Barrell scored 14 touchdowns, kicked 34 extra points, and added a field goal for a total of 121 points for the 1914 season-a record that lasted until 1997 when Ricky Williams broke the record.

Your comments can be as long as Jim Bayless, who spent months chronicling 100 plus years of Longhorn Tennis history for the TLSN website. Or your story can be one to three sentences.

Coach Pibulvech

TLSN is an independent organization celebrating Longhorn Sports History and assisting qualifying Horns who need temporary financial assistance.

The TLSN website and newsletter are free, educational, historical, and insightful sharing Longhorn sports history through the eyes of those who created it.

TLSN is not associated with the UT Athletics Department or any organization closely aligned with UT.

Https://texaslsn.org

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