Honors
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Attached Are The Most Significant Wins And Devastating Losses By The Longhorns In The 80-Year History Of The SWC – Compliments Of Dan Jenkins’s Book “I’ll Tell You One Thing.” 1920- The largest football crowd in the state at the time (20,000) jammed Clark Field to witness Aggie’s first loss in two years. Tom Dennis’s…
Men’s Track In 1967 the Texas vs. TCU football game exploded in the Longhorn face when track star and football player Bubba Thornton returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown to beat the Horns 24-17. 1996- 2012 Coach Bubba Thornton Longhorn Track – HORNS UP Bubba Thornton was the former head coach for the…
Frank Erwin 1931 Joe Turner wins the Best Water-Man Cup . This cup is given annual to the best all round swimmer by the Texas Book Store. Athlete must be efficient in all water sports including diving to qualify. (looking for Turners photo) Skippy Browning | Diving | 1950-1952 The six-time diving All-American posted a…
Jenna McEachern in her book “100 Things” says the Longhorn Hall of Honor is the academy Award of Longhorn athletics.” “Each evening before the final home game, inductees to the ‘award of Merit and Distinction’ entered the Longhorn Hall of Honor. The Hall of Honor is not the same as a Hall of Fame inductee….
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IT’S MY OPINION- Anthony Snodgrass Here, in my opinion are the top 25 Texas Longhorns ( any position ) of all time. It’s been a tough few years, but Texas football has no shortage of candidates for the top-25 players of its long history. The Longhorns have come a long way since their first team…