Jim Willerson was a BA, Life Member, Distinguished Alumnus, Phi Gama Delta, and Texas Cowboy. He was a champion swimmer who was inducted into the UT Athletics Hall of Honor. He was president emeritus, director of cardiology research, Laboratories at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s- Baylor. Jim Willerson was the editor and chief…
Julius was one of the first freshmen Longhorns I met in August of 1969 when I reported as a new student manager. He, Steve Valek and I were particularly friendly as freshmen and sophomores. Between his growing Afro hairstyle and his preferred mode of campus transportation, his bicycle, Julius was impossible to miss. We had…
Kenneth “Ken” Wesley Vaughn, went home to Jesus on October 29th, 2020 at age 69. Born October 26, 1951 in Houston, TX, Kenneth was the third child of Jane and John Dee Vaughn. He graduated from Lamar H.S. in Houston,TX in 1970, then attended the University of Texas at Austin on a full football scholarship…
Billy…One of my colleagues in the Legislature contacted me to see if Longhorn Nation can get word of the situation with Michael Unger’s family….so I thought of you. Appreciate the job you are doing, and wish you the best!Best and Hook Em! Patricia Ungar, Mike Ungar’s wife, has passed away . Drew Darby https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gofundme.com%2Ff%2Fsupport-the-ungar-family&data=04%7C01%7C%7C9863e4e0bebb4de0527508d96d6c7f51%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637661135018381951%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=lVU3hqAjNJGDqSjacvXEIZHnwi8U3wjCVpeBTkMH2M8%3D&reserved=0
Bill Wyman 06.22.2013 | Football Bill Little commentary: The quiet man When it came to describing Bill Wyman, Darrell Royal would call him the best center he ever coached. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and there is one photo of former Longhorn Bill Wyman that shows just that. Shot in the…
Jerry Thompson died at 98. At UTt, e was a 3-time national champion and a 4-time SWC champion in cross country. He competed in the 1948 London Olympics and is an inductee into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and the UT Hall of Honor.
“It was sudden,” brother Gary Tausch said. Richard Marks I am an orthopedic surgeon in the North Dallas suburban area who has had the privilege of knowing Terry for nearly three decades. Though a physical giant of a man, he was the polar opposite of intimidating; and made it a point to never boast…
Captain Wally Scott FORMER LONGHORNS Captain of Texas’ 1942 football team passes away Wally Scott remembered for generosity, support of Longhorns athletics. By Olin Buchanan AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Wallace Scott Jr., a captain on the 1942 University of Texas football team who helped found the Longhorn Foundation and was described by legendary…
Bill Sansing after a game in 1948 said – It’s all there-any contest, when the band strikes up “The Eyes of Texas”. The tradition, the memories, the sights, and the sounds. It stirred me decades ago, and it still does. Only a Longhorn could really grasp that and thrill to it.” Bill Sansing was the…
Former Longhorn football player during the David McWilliams era was killed in a car accident. This page celebrates Mark Smith’s life. It is not complete. I am still waiting for pending information. Charlie Tijerina is with Todd Smith. I gonna miss you, brother!! Not the news I wanted to hear this evening!! My buddy Mark Smith (BIG)…