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Billy,
Just read your latest newsletter. I noticed you didn’t mention the passing of Mike Ruether – football – 1980-1983
He passed on 28 Dec 2021. He had been living in Georgia since his playing days with the Falcons.
Many Thanks
Mark Stone
Football Manager 1981-1985
Professor Larry Carlson has Mike Ruether listed as one of the best lineman in his “The Outsiders” article. A Longhorn super-team composed of Longhorns recruited from outside the state of Texas.
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1996 women’s golf team; front row- McGowan, Waterhouse, Lee: middle row- Johns, Bowie, Leach: back row -Leeds, Wray, Santos, Kuehne, Zadina, and Coach Watkins
Unfortunately, one of the key golf team members had a falling out with Coach Watkins this year, and she chose not to play in the SWC, Regional, and NCAA national tournaments. However, Coach Susan Watkins’s team still won the SWC tournament and finished 3rd in the NCAA national championship tournament.
The history of women’s golf under Coach Susan Watkins is at https://texas-lsn.squarespace.com/golf-women-always-adding-content
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Heather Bowie Young- 2011 Hall of Honor inductee.
Heather Bowie (1996-1997) was conference player of the year.
Heather finished as the #1 NCAA National Championship medalist in 1997 and was the Honda Broderick Award winner for National Collegiate Golfer of the year..
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At Texas, Kelli Kuehne won the 1995 Rolex Fall Preview, the 1996 Southwest Conference individual championship, and tied for 10th at the NCAA Championship to earn an All-America status.
Kuehne won the 1994 U.S. Girls’ Junior, the U.S. Women’s Amateur in 1995 and 1996, the British Ladies Amateur in 1996, and played on the 1996 Curtis Cup team before joining the LPGA Tour.
On May 30, 1999,
Kuehne won the LPGA Corning Classic.
She is also an inductee into to the Texas Golf Hall of Fame.
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Flashback to an article written in 2018 for TLSN. The article captures the 8 decade competition to deliver the one logo that would represent UT Austin to the world.
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For decades Longhorn’s faithful striving for immortality hoped to create the symbol that represented the spirit of the University of Texas to the world. There are at least 27 twists and turns in UT logo history before the logo shown on Tommy Nobis helmet was finally accepted as the standard-bearer for UT Austin. There were many individuals involved in creating this logo but most of the credit goes to DKR and Rooster Andrews.
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Longhorn History will show that contenders for logo bragging rights included:
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Interlocking UT,
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Only a star
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T-in-a Star,
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A star spelling out Texas,
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A big “T” with small b’s on both sides
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Slanted “Texas” (basketball)
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“Texas” spelled Straight up and down (baseball)
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“T” in a circle,
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Anatomically correct Longhorn,
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Longhorn with elaborate back drop
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Big ear Longhorn,
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Longhorns,
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Shorthorns,
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Horns down,
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Horns level,
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Horns up,
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Comical Horns,
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Mean horns,
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Happy horns,
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Stylized horns,
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Cartoon Bevo both happy and angry
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A three-dimensional image of a Longhorns upper torso
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Designer uniforms – early 1900’s
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One horn up and one horn down – Basketball 1950’s
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12″ band around the chest of the player
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Blocked “T”
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The “T” with a horn inset.
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I have no clue what image is in the middle of the star, but “Texas” is spelled out one letter at a time in the “arms” of the star.
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EEK! Horns Down- baseball
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Women’s Athletic Association logo
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And finally, a 1925 tennis team image shows Texas logo anarchy with team members delivering a conflicted logo message.
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The new logo was introduced in this game in 1961. I am looking for better imagery and more information.
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For the whole history of the challenges surrounding UT Austin’s logo, mascot, and the name Bevo, there are three links.
The link below shows all 27 logos that received some recognition from Longhorn fans.
The origins of the name Bevo is at the link
The Mascot Dilemma is at
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TLSN is an independent organization celebrating Longhorn Sports History and assisting qualifying Horns who need temporary financial assistance.
The TLSN website and newsletter are free, educational, historical, and insightful. Sharing Longhorn sports history through the eyes of those who created it.
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