Scholar-Athlete Award at the National Football Foundation through 1977

Maurice Doke 1959







Maurice Doke 1959






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…
Dad’s Interview with Longhorn Legacy Network The Professor and Pat Culpepper in New Orleans Q. You played linebacker and fullback at Texas in the last part of the era in which players were trained to “go both ways.” Looking back, what do you see as the key to how you and your teammates (and opponents)…
Friends To The End. By Carter Strickland – 2012. This last time Coach came to Willie – the music drew him in – just like that first time. Darrell Royal had won three national championship by the time Willie Nelson hosted his first Fourth of July Picnic. It’s been 60 years since that first time…
Three links to Julius Whittier’s story Texas Sports unveiled the statute at the link below. https://texassports.com/news/2020/11/26/football-longhorn-trailblazer-julius-whittiers-statue-to-be-unveiled-friday.aspx Julius Whittier – The Benchmark by Billy Dale link is below. https://www.texaslsn.org/julius-whittier-the-benchmark-1 Vince Young interviewed Julius Whittier and Billy Dale as a thesis to complete his undergraduate degree. https://www.barkingcarnival.com/2020/6/19/21297228/julius-whittier-darrell-royal-changing-the-face-of-texas-football?fbclid=IwAR15eLgByHyekNEVO-RRcuKp2yGzzSA-je42zWtBg2fFzPQOPM6BGn2kmhA
Barbara Wainscott Student of the Game By Barbara Wainscott If you asked Loyd’s mother, she would always tell you that her son was a good student, but not a great student because he didn’t “apply” himself. He always seemed to know just how much he needed to “apply” to…
The link below is from the Stark Center and shares the sports Legacy of athlete and Coach of Clyde Littlefield. https://starkcenter.org/research/collections/littlefield-collection/ Littlefield personified the all-around athlete By Gaylon Krizak A couple of years ago, the Longhorn Network aired a program designed to identify the greatest athlete in the history of the University of Texas. Special…