Scholar-Athlete Award at the National Football Foundation through 1977

Maurice Doke 1959







Maurice Doke 1959






Howard Terry, a lineman and linebacker from 1935 to 1937, founded the Texas Longhorn Education Foundation. In the photo below, he is #65, fifth from the left in the first row. A football scholarship enabled him to achieve his dream, inspiring him to establish a foundation to help other deserving individuals receive a first-class education…
(TLSN’s Larry Carlson teaches news and sports media classes at Texas State University. He is a member of The Football Writers Association of America.) MORE WILL BE LESS Opinion by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org I’m gonna miss the four-team college football playoff that we can still cling to for just a moment longer. Maybe I’m…
Former LB Aaron Babino talks Texas, Ricky Williams, and Byron Murphy Gerry Hamilton•08/28/21 Article written by:Gerry Hamilton GHamilton_On3 Inside Texas made the trip to San Antonio Friday for the DeSoto Eagles season opener at Converse Judson. Prior to the Rockets 35-28 win over the Eagles, IT had the opportunity to sit down with former Texas…
IS UT READY FOR IT TO MEAN MORE? 7/29/2022 by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) Professor Larry Carlson interviewing Randy McEachern in 1977 I will say this. It’s gonna be loud when Texas and Alabama tee it up in Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium on a crispy, not crisp, early autumn morning in…
The Network By Barbara Wainscott Former Longhorn student-athletes who shared victories, losses, WORKOUTS, fellowship, sorrow, pain, and joy as teammates create a lifelong bond. Years after the glory days in sports have ended, that bond remains and is the story that Barbara tells in “The Network “. Barbara says , ” Loyd always said…
Steve Worster, 73, of Bridge City, passed away on August 13, 2022, at his home surrounded by loved ones. NUMBER 30 WAS NUMBER ONE by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) My niece, Kim, still calls me “Uncle Woo,” even though she has passed the 39-year mark. It’s because her mom, my oldest sister, Karen, called…