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2020 | Newsletters

Fred Akers, Eddie Gilbert, Steve Ross, and looking back but moving forward
ByBilly Dale 07/17/202410/28/2024

View in Browser H Christmas 2008 Looking Back Moving Forward In 2016 three former Longhorn student-athletes/managers -Jim Kay, Benny Pace, and Billy Dale- envisioned a free, insightful, historical, and educational newsletter to share and celebrate the history of Longhorn sports by those who created it. One hundred thirty newsletters later, we close-out 2020 with this…

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2019 | Newsletters

Top of the Que
ByBilly Dale 07/17/202410/29/2024

Welcome to the Texas Longhorn sports historical website. The site converts UT history, UT traditions, UT legacies, UT culture, individual records, photos, insightful comments, and personal commentary from former athletes, trainers, managers, coaches, and their families into a form that all Longhorns can celebrate. Top of the Que 04/25/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #10 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxDelano Womack…

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2020 | Newsletters

Fred Akers, Eddie Gilbert, Steve Ross, and looking back but moving forward
ByBilly Dale 07/17/202410/28/2024

View in Browser H Christmas 2008 Looking Back Moving Forward In 2016 three former Longhorn student-athletes/managers -Jim Kay, Benny Pace, and Billy Dale- envisioned a free, insightful, historical, and educational newsletter to share and celebrate the history of Longhorn sports by those who created it. One hundred thirty newsletters later, we close-out 2020 with this…

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2023 | Newsletters

Sam Kendricks , Sherryl Hauglum, Coblentz, Coach Woods, Fetter, Lucky 11
ByBilly Dale 07/17/202410/26/2024

View in Browser Volume VIII Newsletter #7 03/17/2023 IMPORTANT – Click on the small white “VIEW IN BROWSER” above to enhance cell phone text, links, and photos. LUCKY LONGHORN NUMBER: YO ELEVEN BY LARRY CARLSON (LC13@TXSTATE.EDU) If you’ve played craps in Vega$, you are likely familiar with the “yo eleven” bet. It’s a one-roll deal…

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2023 | Newsletters

Red McCombs has passed away
ByBilly Dale 07/17/202410/26/2024

View in Browser Red McCombs has passed Away Click on “View in Browser” highlighted above in white lettering if the newsletter is not to scale, font is too small, or no images are present. Save the link attached to receive updated information as it is added. Red’s celebration of life will include his obit when…

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2024 | Newsletters

Big Ben, Dan Neil, Lam Jones, Wainscott, Patterson, Bevo I for dinner
ByBilly Dale 07/17/202410/27/2024

View in Browser Top of the Queue – Volume VIII Newsletter #2 -January 19th, 2024 Texas Legacy Support Network Important: Click on the small red letters “VIEW IN BROWSER” above to enlarge and enhance the photos and text on your cellphone. TEXAS LEGACY SUPPORT shares a panoramic view of Longhorn sports history as seen through…

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Ken Stanley says:

10/07/2025 at 1:51 PM

I played tennis with Freddy Akers in Blytheville ar

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1. Billy Dale says:
  
  10/08/2025 at 4:42 AM
  
  Akers was a good athlete as well as a Coach.
  
  Billy Dale
  
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Coach Akers

Texas Legacy Support Network is passing along a Facebook Document to each of you.

“My name is Diane Akers, wife and loved one of Coach Fred Akers and I need help for myself, my husband, children, grandchildren and countless others.”

Coach Akers story is at https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/fredakers-and-dianeakers

TLSN is an independent organization celebrating Longhorn Sports History and assisting qualifying Horns needing temporary financial assistance. TLSN is not associated with the UT Athletics Department or any organization closely aligned with UT.

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