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View in Browser Texas Legacy Support Network Top of the Queue- Volume VII Newsletter #25 – December 1, 2023 TLSN is not associated with the UT Athletic Department or any organization closely aligned with UT. Important: Click on the small black letters “VIEW IN BROWSER” to enlarge and enhance the photos and text on your…
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…
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…
View in Browser https://texaslsn.org Top of the Que 10/03/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #24 Scientific structural integrity testing of the helmet in 1912. Steve Ross and Coach Akers Over the last 4 years great articles from Gaylon Krizak, Barbara Wainscott, Mark McDonald, Ragan Gennusa , Robert Brewer, Rey Moreno, Byrd Baggett, Stewart Keller, Pamela Ferguson, Hub…
Faded Memories Billy Dale says: Recently the 1969 Longhorn football team celebrated the 50th anniversary of the National Championship at the Kansas game. While I did not attend the event, I was there in spirit with emotions reflective of a 70-year-old man trying to remain relevant in a youth-based society. As my 69,70, 71-year-old…
A couple of weeks before that Houston game Texas was at Arkansas, and as the #1 team got run over by the score of 42-11. Robert got in and passed for the garbage TD. Robert was friends with the KTBC photog (Gary Johnson) and the three of us sat in the back of the plane…
1976- DKR’s last year by Steve Ross Doug English said in the book “Darrell Royal Dance With Who Brung Ya” “Suddenly, Darrell looks up and a game that he’s worked his whole life in -a game of who works the hardest and prepares the best wins- has become a game where the ones who cheat…
Texas-UCLA 1970 Stephen Ross Sept 22, 2010 writing for Barking Carnival says: I on the other hand would prefer to re-live the thrilling Ying of the Bruins first trip here. It was 1970, and Austin was a still a small college town………………. I was a sophomore at UT, working at KHFI-TV (now KXAN) as the…
Longhorns devastate a good Oregon team 71-7. Even without a bowl appearance, the 1941 Longhorns are one of the most important teams in Longhorn football history. They notched the programs’ first #1 ranking ever, and two Horns make the consensus All-American team. The Longhorns win the first-ever Golden Hat Trophy against OU. Texas coach Bible…