RICH OKLAHOMA-TEXAS RIVALRY INCLUDED MANY ROYAL OCCASIONS By Sam Blair and Dallas Morning News Chicago Tribune •Oct 13, 1991 at 12:00 am DALLAS — Fifteen years after he coached his last game at the Cotton Bowl, Darrell Royal still feels the heat and emotion of the Texas-Oklahoma football rivalry. Chances are, he always will. When…
Building Bridges by Leaving Something Behind.Coach Royal put up a sign in the Texas Locker room in the 1960s saying, “WHAT I GAVE I KEPT. ” “WHAT I KEPT I LOST.” TLSN is building bridges to the past, present, and future There is no period after Royal’s middle name. Darrell lost his mother a…
Crossing the Bridge- The most significant years of Coach Royal’s life were inspired by a poem that helped him overcome a fear of public speaking. In the process, the poem’s message was the epiphany that directed him to his true calling, which was, as poet Will Allen Dromgoole said, “ to help youth whose feet…
Much of the information below is compliments of Jenna McEachern’s book “100 things” and Larry Carlson’s article about punters at LONGHORN PUNTERS AND KICKERS (squarespace.com) Russell Erxleben 1975- As of 2007, Russell was one of two Longhorns who was a three-time All-American. He is the greatest punter and kicker in Longhorn sports history. Breaking Bill…
Renowned sports writer Mark McDonald wrote the definitive book on Texas -Arkansas 1969 Big Shoot-out. His storyline explores more than the game highlights. In his book, Mark manages to merge game highlights, political upheaval, racial tensions, and the Vietnam protest into a cacophony of America in 1969. The author variously spent 30-plus years covering team…
For an introduction to Mark McDonald’s works as a former Journalist and now a book publisher, click on the link that follows. INTRODUCTION BY BILLY DALE (squarespace.com) Royal Moments in Time- By Mark S. McDonald Sr. “The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” –…
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…
The Untold Story of the Desk of Texas’s AD and an Unfinished Bottle of Jack Daniel’s Ross Dellenger Sports Illustrated Sep 5, 2019, 10:20 AM AUSTIN, Texas — DeLoss Dodds spent more than three decades as the athletic director at the University of Texas, so he knows the hurdles that come with one of the…
Friends To The End. By Carter Strickland – 2012. This last time Coach came to Willie – the music drew him in – just like that first time. Darrell Royal had won three national championship by the time Willie Nelson hosted his first Fourth of July Picnic. It’s been 60 years since that first time…
Abe Lemons and Darrell Royal Comparisons Abe Lemons’s legal name is A E Lemons (no periods after A or E). When he joined the armed service, the recruiter told him he needed a name, not initials, so. A E Lemmons put a B between his initials, and he became Abe. He regrets not…