Hall of Honor inductee Charlie Munson has passed away.
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A tall and muscular athlete, he won All-American honours while at the University of Texas and was the 1975 World University champion in the shot put. A silver medal at the 1975 Pan American Games was followed by his first Olympic appearance at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He won a Commonwealth Games bronze on home turf in 1978 and also set a Canadian record of 20.83 m in the shot…
Texasssssssssssssss- Fight Photo above . Tommy Lucas delivering the Texas Fight Song to a Sooner. 1973- Not many people can say they played Tennis with President George Bush Senior while George Bush junior watched, but Longhorn Legacy tennis player Jim Bayless and some of his teammates can. Thanks from the TLSN Board of Directors to…
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Celebrating Longhorn baseball player Ray Dulak’s life- killed in Vietnam at the age of 26 Rey Moreno, a past manager of Track and Field for the Longhorns, sent TLSN a story about Whataburger sponsoring young athletes dreaming of future greatness in the late 1950s. In those years, the Whataburger promotion stated: “It’s Not Whether…
View in Browser Top of the Que Volume V Newsletter #28 Athletic Director Donna Lopiano Pioneers are visionaries and risk-takers, and without them, there are no new beginnings. At the link below is a chronological list of Longhorn pioneers since 1893. Longhorn Pioneers (squarespace.com) Before a woman could excel as an athlete, lead as an…
View in Browser Top of the Que 02/26/2020 Volume V Newsletter #6 A former Longhorn volleyball player has joined the TLSN Board of Directors. Her story will be shared in Newsletter #7 scheduled for publication on March 13, 2020. Welcome to the Texas Legacy sports historical website and newsletter. Both mediums chronicle the history of…