A salute to the military veterans of Texas Longhorns football Here’s a list of Longhorn football lettermen known to have served in the military, from the Spanish-American War to the wars of the 21st century. By Jonathan Wells@jwells1982 Updated Nov 11, 2022, 11:17am CST Ben “Stookie” Allen (1924) — Corsicana — WWII, Army Leroy Anderson…
Celebrating Longhorn baseball player Ray Dulak’s life- killed in Vietnam at the age of 26 Rey Moreno, a past manager of Track and Field for the Longhorns, sent TLSN a story about Whataburger sponsoring young athletes dreaming of future greatness in the late 1950s. In those years, the Whataburger promotion stated: “It’s Not Whether…
CHEVIGNY IS KILLED ON IWO JIMA IN WWII. HORNS UP! Another legend surrounding Chevigny is that, after the 1934 football victory, he had been presented a fountain pen with the inscription, “To Jack Chevigny, a Notre Dame boy who beat Notre Dame” and that on September 2, 1945, this pen was discovered in the hands…
1940 Texas relays Conradt Coleman KIA in the Navy WWII
Bahman Greer 1917 died of illness while serving as a lieutenant in the Navy.
Jack Seale 1941 track Jack Seale 1940 was killed while flying over Paris.
Glenn Morries 1942 was a sergeant killed in France. NO PHOTO story still pending
Shelby Buck 1938 team was a flight officer when he was killed over Europe
RALPH GREEAR Ralph Greear 1932 team was a first lieutenant when he was killed in Germany.
Red Goodwin in 1941 enlisted in the Air Force and was killed over Germany.