1984-1986

1984-1986

1984 The Texas athletic program is recognized as the best in the country. In the 14 years of presenting this honor, It is the only other university to receive this award besides USC and UCLA. 1986- Women lead in sports The women’s swim defends two national championships. The basketball team defeats USC for the national…

Nathan Kaspar

Nathan Kaspar

TOP GUN; NATHAN KASPAR by Larry Carlson ( lc13@txstate.edu ) There’s certainly no shortage of “Top Gun” mania across the nation this summer. A breath of fresh air for many Americans. At least one former Longhorn football player isn’t shy about the fact that he was inspired as a kid by the 1986 Tom Cruise…

Texas Fight

Colonel Walter s. Hunnicutt wrote “Taps” the song with James E. King. Honeycut said he wrote the song to “counteract the songs and yells of the uncomplimentary Aggie songs which demeaned U.T. Click on the Text denoted in red font on the side bar to visit other sites in this grid

Jack Collins Jr. and Sr. and Carleton Collins 1

Jack Collins Jr. and Sr. and Carleton Collins 1

THREE GENERATIONS OF COLLINS UT LETTERMEN  It is a goal of TLSN to remember the family tree of former Longhorns who have created Longhorn sports history. Author Mark McDonald shares the Mauldin clan’s family tree at https://www.texaslsn.org/the-mauldins-by-mark-mcdonald, and Billy Dale shares the impressive story of Stewart Keller’s family trees impact on UT sports history at https://www.texaslsn.org/stewart-kellers-longhorn-roots-start-in-1899-orns-sitennis-football-diving.   …

2019 Newsletters

  #1 Setting the record straight, Todd Smith (walkon), Tyres Dickson  http://staging.texaslsn.org/no-good-deed-goes-unpunished/ #2 Top of the Que 05/17/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #12  James Shamblin a member of the 1950 Longhorn National Championship baseball team has passed away. Horns UP! http://staging.texaslsn.org/que-5-20-2019-volume-iv-newsletter-12/ #3 Top of the Que 05/08/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #11 @ https://Texaslsn.org The Typewriter Bowl,…

Nate Boyer and Cade McCrary

Nate Boyer and Cade McCrary

08.30.2012 | Football Bill Little commentary: ‘S’ has more than one meaning Bill Little, Texas Media Relations So let’s take these one at a time. Important: Bill Little’s article is about walk-ons Cade McCrary and Nate Boyer. So each can be celebrated individually, TLSN shares their separate stores, but in the comments below, there are still some…

2006-2018

2006-2018

The photos below are from the Longhorn Collection of Mark Stone, who was a manager in the 1980’s AARON Ross Jermichael Finley Justin Blalock Marcus Griffin Tim Crowder Jamaal Charles Jermichael Finley Ryan Palmer Ryan Palmer AARON Williams Jordan Shipley Brian Orakpo Colt McCoy Curtis Brown Earl Thomas Greg Smith Keenan Robinson Lamarr Houston Rodorick…

1940-1960

1940-1960

The photos below are from the Longhorn Collection of Mark Stone who was a manager in the 1980’s 1942 Mal Kutner 1946 Richard Harris 1952 Carlton Massey 1949 Keith Jackson 1950 Jim Lansford 1950 Paul Campbell 1951 Byron Townsend 1954 Herb Gray 1957 Bobby Dillon 1960 Don Allen 1960 George Blanch 1961 James Saxton 1961…