Update on Coach Leon Black, Bio on Coach Bibb Falk, and softball history

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Link to 3/20/2026 newsletter is at https://texaslsn.org?fluentcrm=1&route=email_preview&fc_newsletter=32e9dde04cee2360dd858b9efe854115 Walk-ons have to carry and balance a load to succeed. Texas Football by Dave Campbell and more.

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Ron Baxter’s podcast and article with Ron’s introduction by Professor Carlson
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The link to Ron’s podcast is in the red font. https://traffic.libsyn.com/forcedn/cdogg/TLSNS04E07.mp3 WHO’S THE FAT KID, ABE? by Larry Carlson https://texaslsn.org I was pretty damn fired up when I found out that I was gonna get to interview Ron Baxter for a TLSN podcast last month, thanks to the site’s contacts with John Carsey, one of Baxter’s old…

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Rodney Page, Kenneth Sims, Chris Doelle, Gail Goestenkor
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Rings and Things newsletter
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Blanks, Wolfe, Campbell, Petrrucelli, Ball, Wuensch, Atessis , and drugs.
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View in Browser Volume VIII Newsletter #11 05-12-2023 Important: Click on the small black letters “VIEW IN BROWSER” above to enlarge and enhance the photos and text on your cellphone. Much more content has been added to Lance Blanks’s celebration of life TLSN webpage, including his daughter, Riley Blanks, sharing her special memories of her…

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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 .

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Coach Gus April 2020 reflects the signs of the time (mask and Horns) surrounded by the history of Longhorn baseball in the background. Coach followed the great Bibb Falk as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns baseball team.

The Longhorns are the youngest Program ever to qualify for the CWS. In 1996 the Longhorn softball team was a non-athletic-department club sport with a 1-25 record. In 1997 the softball team was 30-24, and in 1998 the Horns are 49-16 and in the CWS.

The history of Longhorn softball is at

3/20/2026 Volume X newsletter #6 – Bill Bonham, Dave Campbell’s Texas football by Larry Carlson, Garretts Song, Walk-on Nate Boyer, Todd Smith, Ruth Stivers, Emily Anderson, Debbie Otto,sss

Ron Baxter’s podcast and article with Ron’s introduction by Professor Carlson

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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 .

SIGN OF THE TIMES

Coach Gus April 2020 reflects the signs of the time (mask and Horns) surrounded by the history of Longhorn baseball in the background. Coach followed the great Bibb Falk as the head coach of the Texas Longhorns baseball team.

HISTORY

Bibb Falk led the Longhorn football and baseball teams.

As a professional baseball player he challenged Babe Ruth for the batting title.

As the Longhorn “Field/head coach” of the Longhorn baseball team he led the Horns to many SWC championships and two National Championships.

Bibb Falk’s story is at

HISTORY

1918 UT women Ball players celebrate earning the “T”

1998- 70 Years later Longhorn women make College Softball history.

The Longhorns are the youngest Program ever to qualify for the CWS. In 1996 the Longhorn softball team was a non-athletic-department club sport with a 1-25 record. In 1997 the softball team was 30-24, and in 1998 the Horns are 49-16 and in the CWS.

The history of Longhorn softball is at

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