Fred Akers, 1914 season, – Rauls and Steinhauer, living forward
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View in Browser Top of the Que Volume VI Newsletter #20 8/13/2021 Updates on Tommy Ford and Randy Bishop are available at the links below. Tommy Ford https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/tommy-ford-football Left to right: Randy Bishop is with Greg Lott and Jack Howe behind the equipment cage in the football locker room. https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/randy-bishopfootball Johnny Lam Jones Johnny Lam…
Deryl Comer recently passed away on October 6, 2022. Deryl recently passed away, and like the passing of Steve Worster in September 2022, sorrow overwhelmed me. Deryl Comer’s hands were like football magnets. Soft lobs and Heat-seeking passes searched for his hands. Deryl could convert a complicated route, bad pass, and challenging catch into a…
View in Browser Volume VI Newsletter #30 – 12/21/2021 Click on “view in browser” at the top of page if images do not appear or content is distorted. NOTE: All the TLSN newsletters written since 2016 are captured in the Navigation tool at the top of the TLSN website. Warning 2016 -2018 newsletters were rudimentary…
Author Dick Baird wrote an article in 2003 : “Football has an incredible bonding aspect to it. It demands an emotional investment. This is what makes it such a powerful force in character development as well as sacrifice. You never question anything about each other. It’s understood respect. This is my teammate. We will always…
Lance Taylor text me on 3/29/2022 that Bruce Mailey passed away. Lance said ”Billy…I wanted to let you know that Bruce Mailey passed away here in Tulsa. Bruce blocked for Rosevelt Leaks and Earl Campbell. Extremely popular with all his peers at work which they associated with his team mentality at UT. Lance Taylor Bruce…
Over the last seven years, chronicling the history of Longhorn sports has been a passionate part of the TLSN mission. That passion has not waned. On the contrary, it is stronger now than in 2014. That said, Longhorn sports history is not the primary mission of TLSN. Instead, TLSN Board members’ – Jim Kay, Benny…