Longhorn Walking on videos – The Spirit cannot be suppressed
Enjoy these Videos each is very uplifting and says a lot about the Longhorn walk-on athlete whose dream of a scholarship is realized.
Below is the song referred to in the first video.
Billy, I am sure you do not remember me, but I walked on in 1970, made the team, and Lettered at fullback my Freshman year behind Gaspard. I roomed with McEnvale (Not the Mattress Mac) but ended up rooming with Julius for a few months. I remember you and Julius coming to the room and…
There is a whole section about Longhorn walk-ons. Garrett Graff’s story is one of them. Garrett was a walk-on who also possessed talented vocal cords. Words will never describe Garrett’s joy the moment Coach Herman surprised Garret at a team meeting with a football scholarship. A walk-on receiving a scholarship is a hallmark moment. A…
Rusty is #1 In January 1974 Rusty Allen walked on the football team. The next fall Coach Royal awarded him a partial scholarship that eventually converted to a full ride his last 2 ½ years. Rusty earned his T-ring in 1976.
Johnathan Wells says about John Herrera, Herrera went on to attend the University of Texas and walked on with the Longhorn football team. How long he was with the program and how many games he appeared in is unclear from the records and contemporary news articles I’ve been able to find. His name does not…
Joseph Magliolo (1922–2008) – Born in Galveston, he played football for the University of Texas at Austin in 1942 and 1943. – After serving in the Navy during WWII, he earned a degree in chemical engineering and played professionally for the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference. – He later worked for Monsanto…