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Bruce Mailey Has Passed Away
Lance Taylor texted me on 3/29/2022 saying:
”Billy…I wanted to let you know that Bruce Mailey passed away here in Tulsa. Bruce blocked for Rosevelt Leaks and Earl Campbell. Extremely popular with all his peers at work which they associated with his team mentality at UT. Lance Taylor
His wife Debbie said that Bruce had some dementia but his major issue was Multiple System Atrophy. It is a rare, degenerative neurological disorder and his health declined rapidly.
TLSN honors all former Longhorn student-athletes. If you would like to make a comment or share a memory about Bruce, please email Billydale1@gmail.com and I will add your comments to Bruce’s page on the TLSN website. Bruce’s celebration of life link is https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/bruce-mailey-football
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Bruce Mailey- Horns ???? and eyes ???? up to honor Bruce Mailey’s burnt orange spirit.
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1963 Senior Manager Roy Jones shares a story about Tony Crosby and Billy Schott.
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Billy,
I enjoyed the article on Tony Crosby. We spent four enjoyable years at UT together. The article fails to mention what made Tony so unique as a place kicker.
True, he kicked without a shoe, but he didn’t address the ball with his toe like all other straight-on kickers of the day (or with his instep like the soccer-style kickers do now).
Tony was able to get quicker height on his placement kicks because he turned up his toes and impacted the football with what is commonly called the “ball” of the foot. (For podiatrists I would say he impacted the ball with the sole of the foot approximately where the phalanges — the toe bones– and the metatarsals are connected.)
One of my jobs as student manager on game day was getting the kickoff and placement tees on and off the field. My freshman year I also had to keep up with David Kristynik’s kicking shoe — which had the toe box cut out so he could impact the ball with his bare toes.
A bit of irony about Tony. We managers spent a lot of practice time retrieving footballs that were kicked from the practice field into the “jungle” surrounding Waller Creek– and from the creek itself I caught poison ivy more than once.
So we were really glad when a young, enthusiastic kid came out every day and retrieved the balls for Tony. The kid was learning while he was watching. The “kid” was Billy Schott, who earned the nickname “Sure Shot” when he wound up as the placement specialist for DKR’s last two Cotton Bowl squads and a Gator Bowl team.
ROY A. JONES II
Senior Manager 1963
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The History of the Texas Relays
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The 2022 Texas Relays were a success. The Texas Athletic department set up a large tent to house all former Longhorn track, field, and cross country athletes who attended the track meet. Here are a couple of photos of a few who attended.
Rey Moreno has been a great help in procuring track stories, and photos of past Texas relays for the TLSN website. With his help, the Texas relays section is taking shape at https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/texas-relays
It still needs a lot of work, but the foundation is complete.
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In this photo are Mike Mosely, Conrad Derdeyn ,Ricky Brown, and David Matina. Mike and David owned the 880 with Matina setting the SWC mark in this event in the middle 1960’s. .
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8 time All-American Lenard Cobb was in attendance.
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1970 captains Skip Archer, Mike Mosley, Fred Cooper
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1968 – Mile relay world record holders from left to right- David Morton, Stan McDaniel, Eddie Canada, and David Matina.
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When Great Athletes are also over-achievers
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A classic overachiever is defined as “one who receives superior results through excessive effort.” Tommy Nobis was both gifted and an over-achiever.
Former Longhorn football player R.E. Peppy Blount mentions a quote from Coach Akers in his book “Mommas, don’t let your babies grow to play Football,” that “99% of all the football players I coached were overachievers.”
While Tommy Nobis did not play for Coach Akers, Akers’s comments define the drive to excel for many athletes. In the last part of the article link below titled “the GOOD, BAD, AND UGLY OF OVERACHEIVING,” is a section that discusses Tommy Nobis@ https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/over-achievers
In addition, there is an original article on the TLSN website that was written in 2017 sharing in detail the story of Tommy’s football career and beyond. Someone in the Atlanta Mayor’s office found the link to this article and published the article to their email base. Consequently, This link has received over 18,000 impressions on the TLSN website. https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/tommy-nobis
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Horns and Eyes Up for former Longhorn student-athletes who qualified for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow but could not attend because the USA boycotted the games. Three Horns shared their thoughts in the “Cactus” about not attending the Moscow Olympics. Their comments are below.
NOTE: As in 2022, the Soviets in 1979 chose to invade another country. The Soviet Union intervened in support of the Afghan communist government in its conflict with anticommunist Muslim guerrillas; Russia remained in Afghanistan until mid-February 1989.
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Click on this link below to re-visit a past newsletter discussing Longhorn sports rings. Leroy Sutherlands’ story on this link titled the “Beached Ring” has received over 17,000 visits.
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Dear Friends of Longhorn Sports:
As you probably know, as a reader of Billy Dale’s newsletter, one of our primary missions at the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center is the preservation of documents, memorabilia, and other artifacts related to the history of U.T. Athletics. We’re dedicated to a fundraising campaign that will use the donations for the preservation of UT’s sports heritage.
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The Stark Center’s holdings related to UT sports include more than 300 boxes of materials
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from the UT Athletics Media Relations Archives as well as personal papers and memorabilia from Longhorn coaching greats Jody Conradt, Augie Garrido, Clyde Littlefield, Mack Brown, Harvey Penick, Pat Weiss, David Snyder, Wilmer Allison, and many individual former athletes.
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The Stark Center serves as the official repository for the preservation of the UT Athletics’ archives, in addition to housing one of the world’s most important libraries related to health, fitness, and physical culture.
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Your donation will be used to purchase acid-free boxes, file folders, and other materials that will help guarantee these resources are saved for future generations.
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To learn more, go to our web page where you can see pictures of some of our UT treasures, and hear our Curator, Kyle Martin, talk about how your donation will be used to accomplish our goals.
If you have questions, please call my mobile number 512-694-6237
Many thanks and Hook ‘Em Horns!
Jan Todd, Ph.D., FNAK
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TLSN is not associated with the UT Athletics Department or any organization closely aligned with UT.
TLSN is an independent organization celebrating Longhorn Sports History and assisting qualifying Horns who need temporary financial assistance.
The TLSN website and newsletter are free, educational, historical, and insightful. Sharing Longhorn sports history through the eyes of those who created it.
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