By the early 1960s a majority of students favored integration both on the playing field and off. In May 1961 the Regents received a Student Assembly and faculty petition with 7,000 signatures to support “the immediate integration of all housing and athletic programs.” A concurrent petition from students opposing integration contained only 1,300 signatures. As…
Carl Johnson accomplishments remind all Longhorns that In sports and far beyond, his contributions to Longhorn heritage have shaped the present and empowered the future. Article by Track All American and Co-Captain Byrd Baggett, UT Class of 1972 I met Carl Johnson in 1968 in Austin. As the only African-American athlete on our University of…
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Texas Football: The Top 10 Linebackers in Longhorns History KRIS HUGHESFEBRUARY 21, 2011 Will Roderick Muckelroy Make the List? Over the next few weeks we’ll take a look at the 10 best Texas Longhorns of all-time at each position, including quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers, linebackers, secondary, offensive and defensive linemen, kick returners and, yes,…
Brooks Kieschnick Brooks Kieschnick has received more National Collegiate awards in the college ranks then any other UT baseball player. His awards include: National College Baseball Hall of Fame 2006; Dick Howser Trophy 1992 and 1993; Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Player of the Year 1993; Baseball America Player of the year- 1993; ABCA Player of the…
Remembering Lemons, Texas’ NIT title-winning team 40 plus years later ByLARRY CARLSON Apr 1, 2018 NIT Champions Long before Longhorn basketball backers swooned for Tom Penders’ ” BMW Ultimate Scoring Machine” of Blanks, Mays and Wright, before Rick Barnes and KD, a coach with a sharp tongue and a star player with a soft middle put their…
Langerhans reflects on a lifetime of coaching Dragon mentor led RRHS to state title in 1997 Brad Stutzman Austin American Statesman View Comments 0:38 2:29 More than half-a-century after the fact, it’s still the look in his father’s eyes that John Langerhans remembers. It was a look that led Langerhans to a lifetime of…
In the 1962 Cotton Bowl, the University of Mississippi presented a 51-yard by 90-yard Texas Flag to Texas Governor Daniel and the Texas Band. The band director Vincent Dinino could not spare the bodies needed to run the flag out on the field so he gave it to the U.T. Athletic Department, who then…
Jenna McEachern in her book “100 Things” says the Longhorn Hall of Honor is the academy Award of Longhorn athletics.” “Each evening before the final home game, inductees to the ‘award of Merit and Distinction’ entered the Longhorn Hall of Honor. The Hall of Honor is not the same as a Hall of Fame inductee….