Billy, I thought you would enjoy this if you have not seen it already. Some of the proceeds from these two fine men will go to benefit scholarship funds and Texas One Fund for swimming and diving. I’m sure you’ve read the book and with Eddie’s voice now captured, we expect this classic to…
9/15/1883 is the day that U.T. first opened with classes starting the next year. In the book Bowled Over by Michael Oriard, the author says: Football initially belonged to the players beginning in the 1870s. They made the rules and ran the teams, but by the 1920s, it had become indisputably a coach’s game. As…
(This piece originally appeared in American Way magazine and is here reprinted with permission of the author.) (Author Carlton Stowers, like Smith, ran lead-off leg on the Longhorns’ 440-yard relay in the early ’60s. Thereafter, the comparison abruptly ends.) WORLD’S FASTEST COWBOY by Carlton Stowers…
Tex Ramsdell is one of three Ramsdell’s who excelled at sports at Texas Bottom row left to right: Fred Ramsdell, Mrs. Adamson, Robert Ramsdell Top row left to right: Marshall Ramsdell and Charles Ramsdell Tex did not intend to leave Texas for Penn but he was late returning from a summer job and found his…
PASS/FAIL by Professor Larry Carlson https:// texaslsn.org (This part just below, Billy, for FACEBOOK only) Back to the classroom now after a long, luxuriant Christmas break. The remarkable college football season is over and Texas certainly graded out with an “A” for its superlative season. But with the Sugar Bowl fresh in the minds of…
Reflection Point Track Shot putter Robbie Robinson 1976 -A cap returned after a 36-year journey 1976 Robbie Robinson The cap returned to the owner 36 years later Rey Moreno and Robbie Robinson By Rey Moreno Rey Moreno was part of the Longhorn track team in 1975 and 1976 and shared a story about his good…
Unlike Texas Basketball, Football, Track,And Baseball There Are Very Few Books That Discuss Longhorn swimming. I Hope With Time This Site Can Add Some Historical Insight And Tell The Full And Compelling Story Of The Texas swimming Tradition. Please visit WETS to learn more about Longhorn swimming. The link is denoted in red font below. http://www.wetswim.org/about-us/founders-page/…
Prior to Coach Patterson, in 1971, Coach Marilyn Ramenofsky coached the women’s swim team to the state title beating favored Texas Tech. Marilyn comments for TLSN, “Hello I just saw the photo described above and was so delighted. That was the team that took the State Title away from TT, much to all of our…
Cross Country and Distance Cross Country and distance TLSN builds bridges to the past to remind all Longhorns that heritage shapes the present and inspires the future. There is no better vista for storytelling than through the eyes of those who were part of memorable moments in Longhorn sports history. I admit it, as…
Cody attended 2 National Championship games in 36 years as a TV sportscaster, the last in 2009 when Colt McCoy’s injury on this first-half hit doomed Texas vs. Alabama. Also, he was in the media Gaggle that recorded Vince Young when he crossed the goal line for the game-winner in 2005. National Championship games are…