Top of the Que Volume IV newsletter 24 Oct. 25, 2019 Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the 50th anniversary reunion of the 1969 football national championship team because I was fortunate enough to attend my mother’s 90 birthday party during the same time frame. For those who attended, please send me some photos and…
View in Browser The 1969 National Football Season 2019 is the 150th year of college football and the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Longhorn national championship team. The Cotton Bowl victory against Notre Dame was the 20th victory of a 30 game win streak built around the 1967 “Worster Bunch” recruiting class. In the Que…
“Click on the text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other football sites in this grid” The Longhorns were 40-4-1 in 1968,69,70, AND 72 DKR – image from the Cactus President Johnson said of DKR, “I am not a football fan, but I am a fan of people, and I…
THE TALL TALE OF DEAN CAMPBELL by Larry Carlson for https://texaslsn.org It sounds straight out of Mayberry, RFD. A young Dean Campbell recalls playing some good ‘ol neighborhood football in his Austin neighborhood in 1957, when the city bore a closer resemblance to Mayberry than it does to the Austin of today. A young, 30-ish…
Learning from Julius WHO SOMEONE ROOMS WITH SHOULD NOT BE A NEWSWORTHY EVENT. HOWEVER, ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1970, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WROTE A “PROVOCATIVE” ARTICLE THAT SAID, “WHITTIER, TEXAS BLACK OFFENSIVE GUARD, IS ROOMING WITH A WHITE PLAYER AND OCCASIONALLY DATING WHITE WOMEN.” I AM THAT “WHITE PLAYER.” IN 1970 COACH ROYAL CALLED THREE SENIORS…
THE ONE-YARD RUN FOR THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN IN THE 100TH YEAR OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL WAS A TEAM EFFORT. THE PLAY COMPLETED A PERFECT SEASON AND A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE TEXAS LONGHORNS. Bobby Wuensch, Randy Peschell, Steve Worster, Jim Bertelsen, and Billy Dale all did their job, and as Tom Campbell said on Facebook once…
Mark is front row second from the left The photos below are from the Longhorn Collection of Mark Stone, who was a manager in the 1980’s Lyle Blackwood Raymond Clayborn Steve McMichael Brad is #77 Brad Shearer – Outland Glenn Blackwood Bruce Scholtz Earl Campbell Russell Erxleben KiKi De Ayala Terry Tausch 1973 Roosevlelt Leaks…
1963 Scott Appleton 1966 Diron Talbert Jim Bertelsen 1969 Jim Bertelsen 1974 Doug English 1974 Doug English 1974 Rosevelt Leaks 1974 Rosevelt Leaks Alfred Jackson 1977 Alfred Jackson 1977 Dave Studdard 1977 Dave Studdard 1979 Derrick Hatchett 1969 Cotton Speyrer 1977 Johnny Lam Jones 1960 Jack Collins 1960 James Saxton 1960 Mike Cotten 161 Johnny…