19-year-old Nolte McElroy a U.T. football player during fraternity initiation was instructed to bend down and crawl through a set of bedsprings to which city light wires had been connected.
An excited, giggling crowd of Delta Kappa Epsilons were numbed into silence when McElroy fainted from shock, and died 15 minutes later.
A 1964 graduate of Abilene Christian University, Blackwood has been married to Dr. Susan Blackwood, executive director of the San Antonio Sports Foundation, since 1989. Blackwood has one daughter, Jessica, and one granddaughter, Taylor. Melvin Pat Patterson We had some fun times together at Texas as coaches. I recently had the opportunity to visit on…
MARTELL PETERMANN Obituary MARTELL LEWIS PETERMANN He will be remembered as a very caring and fun-spirited individual, an amazing athlete, and a wonderful storyteller. In his early years, he worked on the family farm while exceling in football and track, and then graduated from Kennewick High School in 1972. Martell attended the University of Texas…
1894 Dick Lee died due to complications stemming from a pole vaulting accident.
Al Matthew makes Longhorn Sports History Austin High in the 60s had some great high school athletes who later set many records at either the college or professional level. Don Baylor almost signed with the Longhorns but decided to play professional baseball, Ben Crenshaw set all kinds of golf records at Texas and on the…
Mike Perrin and Scott Palmer sent TLSN Jimmy Hull’s obit. He was a member of the 1969 and 1970 national championship “Worster Bunch” recruiting class. Jim Hull Jimmy in profile at a reunion of the Worster Bunch James Hull Obituary James “Jim” Hull12/11/1948 – 10/07/2023James Nace Hull passed peacefully on October 7, 2023 in Houston,…
Blain Michael Padgett a football player for the Rice Owls has passed away. He was the son of Mical Padgett who was a linebacker for the Longhorns from 1987-1991. Please keep the Padgett family in your thoughts and prayers. More information to follow. http://abc13.com/sports/rice-owls-football-stars-cause-of-death-still-unknown-/3174358/ Blain Padgett © Erik Williams-USA TODAY Sports (file photo) Rice Owls defensive…