1956 was not good year for 3 of the 4 of the major sports at Texas. Track won the SWC, but The football team was 1-9, the basketball team was 5-7, and the baseball team only one 5 games . The football team and the baseball teams had the worse records in the history of Longhorn sports.
The Last of the Legends BY BILL LITTLE IN SPORTS, UT HISTORY ON JANUARY 13, 2012 AT 12:46 PM | NO COMMENTS Julian Garrett, who passed away on Saturday, was the last surviving member of arguably the greatest team in the first half-century of Texas football. Chances are, you have no reason to know about Canute the Great, a Viking who became king…
In the Book Forty-acres Follies, the author Joe Frantz says about Coach Cherry, “In character Cherry was the antithesis of Bible.” While Bible was a schemer and a motivator, talkative and charming, Cherry was moody, quiet, and difficult to know. Cherry never got along easily with the press or alumni, while Bible knew how to…
1950’s T-Ring Reflections Bobby Dillon, Rene’ Ramirez, Brett, and Drew Morris In sports and far beyond, Longhorn’s heritage has shaped the present and empowers the future. Bobby Dillon Bob Dillon loses his left eye when he is 10 but that did not stop him from having a great college and professional career. In 2020 he…
A comment worth remembering from Professor Orville Wyss, “Trend is not necessarily destiny.” Somehow the Horns need to find the right combination again to stop losing and fulfill our destiny. We invited UT scholars to reflect on the integration of sports for Black History Month. Reflecting on Coach Charlie Strong’s recent arrival, what are your…
THE HISTORY OF THE TEXAS VS. ARKANSAS SERIES- (IT IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK) Larry BeSaw once interviewed DKR for a profile. He asked him what he was thinking when UT fell behind 14-0 to Arkansas in the 1969 game. “I thought we were going to tote home a whipped ass,” he replied. Arkansas and…
A condensed bullet point history of Texas Longhorn football during the Royal years follows. Please go to the “credit” section of this website to view books you can purchase from many fine book stores about Texas Longhorn Sports or please visit the official University of Texas Longhorn site Texassports.com. In the biography of Darrell Royal,…