Tommy Lucas punch,Jim Bayless memoir, 1943 Cotton Bowl, Ed Olle’s charms

1973- Not many people can say they played Tennis with President George Bush Senior while George Bush junior watched, but Longhorn Legacy tennis player Jim Bayless and some of his teammates can.

Thanks from the TLSN Board of Directors to all Horns who shared their Longhorn sports memories on the TLSN website. All those articles are now permanently saved to share with present and future Longhorns.

From January 2016 through October 2019, the number of “impressions” created by the TLSN newsletter and the TLSN website at https://texaslsn.org grew from 707 to 11, 192 a month.

This growth is the result of former student-athletes, coaches, managers, trainers, fans, and family members sharing Longhorn sports history on the TLSN website. Each of these articles captures a snapshot of the past told by someone who lived in the moment.

Jim Bayless article/memoir is now part of the TLSN archives. Jim shares the rich heritage of Longhorn tennis — its culture, character, and camaraderie — through the lens of his four years on the team in the early 1970s.

All American Longhorn baseball player Tommy Harmon’s article about baseball in the 1960s under Gustafson is pending.

Please participate in this journey building bridges to the past. Send Longhorn related sports photos and stories that capture, promote, and enhance the vista surrounding the Longhorn sports brand.

The TLSN website is a free, educational, insightful, and historical.

Respectfully,

Billy Dale at Williamdale@msn.com

Ed Olle, at different periods of his life, was a player, Coach, Administrator, and Athletic Director for the University of Texas. Living a charmed life before rings and watches were the symbols of a special moment, Ed’s grand-daughter, Katherine, shares Ed’s honors with the Longhorn nation. Ed Olle’s story is in the Que. https://texaslsn.org