1960 and 1970 football
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…
THE TALL TALE OF DEAN CAMPBELL by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org It sounds straight out of Mayberry, RFD. A young Dean Campbell recalls playing some good ‘ol neighborhood football in his Austin neighborhood in 1957, when the city bore a closer resemblance to Mayberry than it does to the Austin of today. A young, 30-ish…
IN THE 1960S, NICE COACHES FINISHED LAST “When you show up at the University, you’re all grunts. Nobody’s a superstar in Coach Royals program.” Jerry Sisemore Only those not part of the Texas football program thought that most DKR players liked him. Royal was a simple man with a big heart for all but his…
Celebrating the 1970 National Champs by Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org Winning was a habit for Longhorn football teams of the Darrell Royal era. A hard-earned habit, certainly. Sweat equity was in plentiful supply. So was talent. It’s arguable that no edition of UT ball boasts as much star power as the ’70 bunch. The Worster Bunch,…
The photos below are from the Longhorn Collection of Mark Stone who was a manager in the 1980’s 1942 Mal Kutner 1946 Richard Harris 1952 Carlton Massey 1949 Keith Jackson 1950 Jim Lansford 1950 Paul Campbell 1951 Byron Townsend 1954 Herb Gray 1957 Bobby Dillon 1960 Don Allen 1960 George Blanch 1961 James Saxton 1961…
David McWilliams- player, assistant coach, Head Coach, and Administrator Coach David McWilliams “The Loyalist” 1987- 1991 Billy Graham says, “When you lose your wealth, you lose nothing. When you lose your health, you lose something. When you lose your character, you lose everything.” David McWilliams proves to be a man with great character. In…