John Danks, Support Staff, jersey’s , Frank Medina, and Linus Baer

John Danks shares his memories of the 1977-1978 NIT championship

“We were a team that would have been tough in the 1978 NCAA, despite our lack of size. We beat everyone, including 2 excellent SEC teams, MSU & LSU, OU, BYU, and three powerful Eastern Teams, Rutgers, Temple, and NC State. None of those games were even close.”

After we won the 1978 NIT, the Coach was asked why we weren’t invited to the NCAA. I thought he gave a good answer …

” We play a conference schedule to see who wins, followed by a conference tournament to see who loses.”

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Managers, Trainers, and Rehab Specialists

Horns UP! for the trainers and managers who set a high-performance bar for Longhorn athletes.

In the photo below, Jim Lancaster and TLSN Board member Spanky Stephens will be inducted into the TSATA Hall of Honor in December 2021.

Greg Bauer was inducted into the TSATA HOH in 2019. Mike Celli was a member of the Maine state legislature.

Horns up for these Longhorn brand builders.

A REQUEST FOR HELP! I need more photos and comments from managers, trainers, strength, and rehab specialists.

Here is the site that I am trying to populate with information.

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Spanky Stephen’s Podcast photos and text are at https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/spanky-stephens

Spanky shares his story about three decades of healing players and working with Longhorn coaches.

l to R Managers from the past – Jay Fenley, Mark Lord, Allen David, Jim Craig Hess, Mike Powers, Jeff Crozier- September 2017

Headless in the 1940’s

A football player in the 1940’s really had to have faith in the trainer’s skill set to put his head in a vice with a chain attached that stretched the body. The horror!

Frank – “show me what you got “ – Medina

“Frank Treated All The Boys The Same “DKR Said With A Grin. He Treated Them All Bad. The Image Is a player resting after A Medina Work-Out Session.

Frank (in white) helping Heisman candidate James Saxton from the TCU game in 1961 after a questionable late hit knocked him out. The 1961 lost to TCU ranks as one of the biggest upsets in college football in the 1960s. The game cost the Horns a national championship.

The full story of Frank Medina told with a sense of humor is at :

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The story of Linus Baer as told through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy – By Professor Larry Carlson

My fellow fifth-graders of Mrs. McGuire’s class were about to go into our room when what to my wandering eyes should appear… It was as if this striking, flat-topped, teenaged god of San Antonio high school football had descended from Mount Olympus. And he was gliding down the hallway at Jackson-Keller Elementary School. We stood in awe, watching as the almost fictionally named Linus Baer effortlessly toted two giant six-packs of Coca-Cola under each muscular arm. The Texas High School Player of the Year was delivering Christmas party goodies to his sister Suzette’s sixth-grade classroom this early morning in the waning days of 1963. We had been alerted to the tidings of comfort and joy, and stood reverently, eyes wide, some mouths agape. Christmas had come early, it certainly seemed.

Linus Baer, bluest of blue-chip football stock, signed in February with Darrell Royal’s national champion University of Texas Longhorns, fresh off a convincing 28-6 win over Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach’s Navy team in the Cotton Bowl. It would be understated to say that the Horns were bullish on Baer. So highly regarded a recruit was he that Texas later chose to play its Orange-White spring game at San Antonio’s Northeast Stadium, Lee High’s home field that is shared with MacArthur. Try THAT one on as a tribute to a high school signee. If it wasn’t that, well, consider it a very, very, very mind-boggling scheduling coincidence.

For the rest of the story click on https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/linus-baer

Jersey Call

There are a few Longhorn brand-building jersey numbers held in high esteem by fans and the UT administration. Three are below; the rest of the retired jerseys are at:

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#20- Earl Campbell

#21 Greg Swindell (1984-1986) Baseball

Slater Martin #15

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TLSN’s mission is to build bridges to the past, present, and future, sharing Longhorn sports history through the eyes of those who created it.

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