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1930-1932 Harrison Stafford
A walk-on from Wharton, Texas, Harrison Stafford went on to become perhaps the toughest football player in UT history. The Assistant coach, Shorty Alderson, reported to head coach Clyde Littlefield, “Clyde, I found you the darndest football player you ever saw. He tore up a couple of dummies and hurt a couple of men. He…
Greg Lott
Greg Lott By Tai Kreidler Greg Lott against Texas Tech- The touchdown yielded a record-making and unprecedented score coming on the opening kickoff –the first ever in the long history of The University of Texas Longhorn football team which dates back to 1893. For A-J Media Editor’s Note: Tai Kreidler, Ph.D., is a librarian…
1937-1946 Coach Bible- football
The University of Texas football team briefly stopped in Fort Worth, Texas en route to the Rockies for their opening game against the University of Colorado. Pictured on their train, left to right, are Malcolm Kutner and Chal Daniel. Both players have the potential to be all-conference. Kutner, an end, is reading…
Rooster Andrews – Colors and Logos
The iconic ” steelhead” logo of the Texas Longhorns athletic teams and the burnt orange color worn by them were the result of the work of one man: William “Rooster” Andrews. In 1961, coach Darrell Royal talked to Andrews, who at at time was a salesman for C&S Sporting Goods, about ways to improve the…
1977- 1986 Akers football
Links to articles about Coach Akers are listed below. Link below is the 1983 season https://youtu.be/dD2subj8Mxk http://www.hookem.com/story/the-statesman-interview-fred-akers/ http://www.texassports.com/news/2003/8/19/081903aab_984.aspx http://www.dailytexanonline.com/blogs/keeping-score/2016/01/27/former-texas-quarterback-danny-akers-dies-of-cancer There were three contenders to replace Royal-Longhorn defensive coordinator Mike Campbell: Maryland head coach Jerry Clayborne and Wyoming coach Fred Akers. Akers gets the job over the favorite Mike Campbell because he understands the culture of…
