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Playing is about “production”- Coach Strong Ty Templin Coach Strong was a walk-on in college, so he understood and respected the plight of a walk-on. Strong said, “I don’t look at guys like Haines or Templin as walk-ons,” If they come out and put in the work and they’re good enough, they’re going to play.”…
Latino Longhorns
Jun 18, 1997 Latino football players from UT Austin’s history are listed in book that began with a trivia question Latino football players from The University of Texas at Austin whose athletic accomplishments inspired journalists to make them a part of sports page history are listed in a recently published book that evolved from a…
1947-1950 Coach Cherry
In the Book Forty-acres Follies, the author Joe Frantz says about Coach Cherry, “In character Cherry was the antithesis of Bible.” While Bible was a schemer and a motivator, talkative and charming, Cherry was moody, quiet, and difficult to know. Cherry never got along easily with the press or alumni, while Bible knew how to…
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…
1950’s Football T-Ring Reflections – Dillon, Ramirez, Morris, Ferguson
1950’s T-Ring Reflections Bobby Dillon, Rene’ Ramirez, Brett, and Drew Morris In sports and far beyond, Longhorn’s heritage has shaped the present and empowers the future. Bobby Dillon Bob Dillon loses his left eye when he is 10 but that did not stop him from having a great college and professional career. In 2020 he…
Articles and photos of the 1963 year
8/29/2023 – Jerry Frey remembers the 1964 Cotton Bowl game. I was at the 1964 Cotton Bowl game with my dad, who was a huge Longhorn fan. Back then, the media was based in NY and heavily slanted toward the East Coast teams. The Big Ten got most of the media love. I recall my…