View in Browser Volume V Newsletter #16 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. Board members include Benny Pace, Spanky Stephens, Beth Coblentz, Jim Kay, and Billy Dale. The…
Volume V Newsletter #19 Garrett Graff There is a whole section that honors Longhorn walk-ons chronicled on the TLSN website. Garret Graf’s story is one of them. Mickey Moss is a successful coach and administrator who received a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin in athletic administration with an emphasis in exercise…
View in Browser We need to huddle 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…
View in Browser Top of the Que Volume V Newsletter #20 Nice Catch George Sauer was a talented but conflicted Soul The Voice of a New Generation stigmatizes authority figures. The 1960’s song written by the Beatles, “All you need is love, love is all you need,” was considered by many as the mantra that…
View in Browser ALBUM RELEASE Texas Legacy Support Network Presents Records to Remember For the Record TLSN combines 1000’s of photos; the history of every Longhorn NCAA sport from inception until 2014; Seasonal and career individual records; insightful articles ; and player comments into a form that celebrates the greatest brand in the history of…
Top of the Que Volume V Newsletter #12 History, Heritage, and Traditions have built the Longhorn Brand Health Watch Coach Leon Black has been added to the Longhorn health watch. There are two links. Please save the first link for updates on Coach Black . https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/coach-leon-black-1 https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/coach-leon-black SIGN OF THE TIMES Coach Gus April 2020…
Top of the Que Volume V Newsletter #13 TLSN is an independent organization celebrating Longhorn Sports History . TLSN is not associated with the UT Athletic Department or any organization closely aligned with UT. The website and newsletter are free, insightful, historical, and educational. HOOK’EM ORIGIN 1955 is the Beginning of Big Bertha and the…
Bill Sansing has passed away. The link below shares an article that Bill Little wrote about Mr. Sansing’s influence on the Sports media starting as the SID for D.X. Bible. Bill was 100 years old. https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/bill-sansing Benjamin Franklin said there are only three things certain in life: death, taxes and Fans Ok – the quote…
View in Browser Volume V Newsletter #16 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. Board members include Benny Pace, Spanky Stephens, Beth Coblentz, Jim Kay, and Billy Dale. The…
Happy Valentines Top of the Que Volume V Newsletter #4 02/14/2020 https://texaslsn.org While perusing the internet, I found these two photos of former Longhorn student-athletes who played a part in the History of Longhorn sports. Happy Valentine to the Whitney Hedgepeth (swimmer) and family http://www.tsdhof.org/whitney-hedgepeth Proud wearer of the “T-ring” Matt Trissel (football) with his…