In Memoriam: Carie Graves The first coach in Texas Rowing history, Carie Graves, passed away on December 19, 2021. Story Links ROW2K CARIE GRAVES FEATURE (June 27, 1953-December 19, 2021) Carie Graves, who helped launch the University of Texas’s rowing program and served as head coach for its first 16 years, passed away on…
James Russell Leahy (Jim, Jimmy) was born in Raton, New Mexico on the 26th of October 1945, to Harold Creston Leahy, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Corey Leahy and died on Sunday, the 23rd of June 2024, at MD Anderson Cancer Center, surrounded by his family. One of the players I coached in high school at…
It happened on February 26th, 2001 by Matt Trissel Cole Pittman 20 years ago today, we all sat in the team meeting room with Coach Brown on the stage. For the first and only time, he sat down in the chair and didn’t know how to address his team. The words that came out of…
Hey Billy. I was so saddened to hear the news about Ragan. I enjoy many of his prints that adorn my walls. We used to stop by and see him and loved seeing him stomp on his pier to call up his “pet” fish. And were always amazed to see them eat from his hand. …
Alan Luskey Obituary Brad and Luskey in the mid 70s Brad and Luskey as friend decades later. Alan Luskey receiving honor from the city of Fort Worth. Luskey.png Alan as a manager at Texas The Luskey’s- Alan’s burnt ornage spirit is missed. Alan Dean Luskey FORT WORTH–Having lived and loved well, Alan Dean Luskey reluctantly…
Randy Lightfoot was a record-setting hurdler in 1970s 1973 Lightfoot.jpg 1972 Randy Lightfoot, Jim Heredon, Coach Price Robert Primeaux, Gordon Hodges. BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Randall Lee “Randy” Lightfoot, a record-setting hurdler . He grew up in Plainview, graduating from Plainview High School in 1971. An outstanding athlete, Randy won the Texas Class 4A 120-yard high…
MARTELL PETERMANN Obituary MARTELL LEWIS PETERMANN He will be remembered as a very caring and fun-spirited individual, an amazing athlete, and a wonderful storyteller. In his early years, he worked on the family farm while exceling in football and track, and then graduated from Kennewick High School in 1972. Martell attended the University of Texas…
The youngest member of the U.S. track and field Olympic team, he had earlier become the first American high schooler to reach the Games’ 100-meter finals since Glendale (Calif.) High senior Frank Wycoff managed the feat in 1928. Competing against the elite sprinters of the world, Jones finished sixth. An article by Billy Dale- A…
Joe Nobis drowned while swimming near Mansfield Dam in 1968. Tommy Nobis was his older brother. Joe was a member of the 1967 football recruiting class at UT Austin. If he had survived, Joe would have contributed to two national football championships. Barbara Wainscott Tommy Nobis asked Loyd (my husband) to go with him to…
Jim Rose Obituary 1962 Jim Rose.jpg Jim Rose ROSE, Jim R. Jim Rose (Jimmie Ralph) passed away December 23, 2019. He often said that he lived a full and wonderful life. Jim was the only child of Iris Welch and Oliver Ralph Rose. He was born May 16, 1939 at his grandmother’s house in…