Ralph Greear- 1932
RALPH GREEAR
Ralph Greear 1932 team was a first lieutenant when he was killed in Germany.
A salute to the military veterans of Texas Longhorns football Here’s a list of Longhorn football lettermen known to have served in the military, from the Spanish-American War to the wars of the 21st century. By Jonathan Wells@jwells1982 Updated Nov 11, 2022, 11:17am CST Ben “Stookie” Allen (1924) — Corsicana — WWII, Army Leroy Anderson…
LOUIS JORDAN — Jim Nicar (@JimNicar) September 10, 2018 By 1957, the Texas Longhorn football program had 64 years of history and had produced four consensus All-Americans and seven players who would later be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. But when the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor was created that year and inducted…
Celebrating Longhorn baseball player Ray Dulak’s life- killed in Vietnam at the age of 26 Rey Moreno, a past manager of Track and Field for the Longhorns, sent TLSN a story about Whataburger sponsoring young athletes dreaming of future greatness in the late 1950s. In those years, the Whataburger promotion stated: “It’s Not Whether…
CHEVIGNY IS KILLED ON IWO JIMA IN WWII. HORNS UP! Another legend surrounding Chevigny is that, after the 1934 football victory, he had been presented a fountain pen with the inscription, “To Jack Chevigny, a Notre Dame boy who beat Notre Dame” and that on September 2, 1945, this pen was discovered in the hands…
MIKE SWEENEY WWII MIKE SWEENEY WAS SHOT DOWN AND KILLED IN WWII ON THE EUROPEAN FRONT. Mike played on the 1937 Frosh team and lettered on the varsity in 1938, 40, and 41. Although the one win-8 loss 1938 season was a poor showing for the team, Mike showed considerable promise. According to…
BILL LITTLE COMMENTARY: THE BUGLE AND THE FLAG PETE EDMOND May 28, 2012 Bill Little, Texas Media Relations When America was drawn into the conflict in Europe, Pete Edmond gave up his banking job to enter Officer’s Training Camp, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He left for France in April of 1918. At…