In 1937 the Silver Spurs were formed to take care of the Texas mascot. The organization did not have much to do for over a decade, as the team mascot was never defined. Currently, the Silver Spurs are very busy taking care of Bevo, who travels better than most students in a custom trailer driven…
At the height of the worst pandemic in American history – the Spanish flu of 1918 – cities across the country did something, modern America would find familiar. They issued mandatory mask mandates and punished anyone who didn’t comply. “The man or woman or child who will not wear a mask now is a dangerous…
The Longhorn Knothole Club 3000 strong The Longhorns never sold out a game during the pre and post-depression years. So UT allocated 3000 free seats to school-age fans and some high school bands. UT delivered Knothole Club memberships cards to some public schools. The kids got so rowdy during the game that UT and to…
There have been three athletic facilities on the campus named for the university’s influential early leader James Benjamin Clark. Clark Field #1 The first Clark FIELD OPERATED from 1887 through 1927 at the southeast corner of 24th Street and Speedway. In 1898 this location had no name. After the landowners threatened to evict “Varsity” from…
Coach Disch 1940 Disch 30th anniversary Coach Disch Disch as a Longhorn trainer Coach Falk as a baseball player 1960 Bibb Falk Transitioning from Falk to Gustafson Coach Gus Coach Gus Augie Augie autograph baseball Garrido bust of Augie Augie happy with win Augie not so happy after loss Hookem.com SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2022…
DOC HENRY “Gunga Din” Henry Reeves attends to injured Longhorns. Long before the University of Texas at Austin hired Charlie Strong, even long before the first African-American athlete was admitted to the University of Texas at Austin, the university had Henry Reeves. From 1875 to 1915, Reeves was trainer, doctor and manager — generally the…
1914 Theo Bellmont 1913- 1929 1908 Baseball Manager Organized the building of Clark Field and Penick Tennis courts 1913-1923 promoted to director of athletics and professor of physical training. He promptly took the management of sports away from the students, looked for formidable opponents to draw large gates; originated the student “blanket tax” to fund…
Longhorn Track and Field – the internal battle to excel. Track participants’ main goal is to convert innate talents, firm discipline, and hard work into maximum performance. Track and Field require mental toughness and the ability to overcome personal character flaws, demons, weaknesses, and insecurities. Jesse Owens says about mental toughness, “The Battles That Count Aren’t…
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James Everett Saxton Jr. (May 21, 1940 – May 28, 2014) was an All-American football and College Hall of Fame player for the University of Texas and a finalist for the 1961 Heisman Trophy. Though he never took a snap in high school, Texas coach Darrell Royal envisioned Saxton as a quarterback, and so during his freshman and sophomore years that…