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1944 Texas Brochure compliments of Mark McDonald Mark McDonald In 1944 one of the most colorful characters in Texas signs with Texas. Because of Bobby Layne’s deep respect for Coach Billy Disch and his desire to play for a great college baseball team, Layne signs with Texas. Bobby Layne would become both a Longhorn football…
Campbell, an Austin guy through and through, had worked as a teen at the iconic Dirty Martin’s Kum-bak Place on The Drag. He sliced tomatoes and peeled onions in exchange for burgers and fries. https://texaslsn.org/larry-carlsons-interviews/ It sounds straight out of Mayberry, RFD. A young Dean Campbell recalls playing some good ‘ol neighborhood football in his…
1956 was not good year for 3 of the 4 of the major sports at Texas. Track won the SWC, but The football team was 1-9, the basketball team was 5-7, and the baseball team only one 5 games . The football team and the baseball teams had the worse records in the history of…
Longoria, who received his master’s degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio, is a training specialist for an insurance company in San Antonio. He said the lack of answers to his question about Latino professional football players started his quest for a few answers and then more answers, which he eventually compiled into…
THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org The scoreboard is gonna be in for a workout. Take that bet over to Harrah’s when you’re in the Crescent City for the game. Might be one of those games in which the last team with the ball and forty seconds will win. Apologies in…
Jerrel Bolton played tight end for the Longhorns in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and he is the only Granbury High School graduate to win a letter playing football for the Horns. The photos below are Granbury High School’s 1966 Class 2A state finalist football team. Future Texas Longhorn Jerrel Bolton is the fourth…