football player Jordan McNair from Maryland, Reggie Grob from Texas, and Joe Good a Fictional Character from West Texas all died of heat stroke. Stopping heatstroke deaths takes a combination of adequate hydration by coaches and trainers who understand both the causes and the symptoms of heatstroke. On September 1, 1962, Reggie Grob, a Texas football…
HOW LONG IS THE SHELF LIFE OF A LONGHORN SPORTS ACCOMPLISHMENT? iN 2019 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…
Scott Appleton- a soul REDEEMED On the day Scott Appleton was buried in March of 1992 at the age of 50 due to heart conditions, many at the funeral had known three separate and distinct Scott Appletons. A great and passionate top athlete in high school and college moved to the bottom starting with his…
THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN IN THE 100TH YEAR OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMPLETES A PERFECT SEASON AND A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE TEXAS LONGHORNS Bobby Wuensch #50 , Jim Bertelsen, and Randy Peschel had the key blocks on the touchdown. Bobby Wuensch Jim Bertelsen Randy Peschel Billy Dale, Jim Bertelsen and DKR Two days before the…
12/25/2020 Garbage in garbage out Computers can not quantify what makes a young boys “motor run”. Coaches HAVE TO do that. Barbara Wainscott Barbara Wainscott says about her All-American husband, who played for DKR, “Loyd, was a good football student. He studied everything Coach Royal made available to him and was not just a student of…
Dana LeDuc’s Mean and Tough list from the Aker’s era. 2022- Coach Vermeil with Dana at the NFL Hall of Fame ceremony. I recognize Dana’s sandals as a reproduction of one made in the late 1960s. ???? I think my mother has mine in the attic in Odessa. Billy, Going back in time, these are…