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…
(This piece originally appeared in American Way magazine and is here reprinted with permission of the author.) (Author Carlton Stowers, like Smith, ran lead-off leg on the Longhorns’ 440-yard relay in the early ’60s. Thereafter, the comparison abruptly ends.) WORLD’S FASTEST COWBOY by Carlton Stowers…
Dean Cambell is #19 – Terry “Teapot” Collins is # 33. Dean returns punt for 50 plus yards against Baylor and is congratulated by DKR. TLSN: You know, these days, college football coaches live in gated communities or on their own private islands. You’ve described your upbringing as “blue collar,” but you grew up just…
MY MEMORIES OF GREG PLOETZ AND MIKE DEAN BY TOMMY LUCAS PROUD MEMBER OF THE 1959 FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASS The Sherman Boys and the Cleburne boys are prototypical Royal football players- Under 200 Pounds, quick, Instinctive, and Motivated to Win! Tommy and DKR After the football season of 1962, I was drafted…
Hub Bechtol By Roy A. Bechtol (son) Hub Bechtol College Hall of Fame Ring I wear his College Hall of Fame ring proudly and even though Dad went to Heaven 11 years ago his memories and love is felt by our family every day. Hook em, Hub Bechtol Texas Tech Ring Hub Bechtol My…