Shane Dronett
Thank you for including Shane. He was such a nice guy. He was bagging groceries and helping pay rent in HS. So when he got to UT and couldn’t work, he didn’t have two nickels to rub together. The Varsity dining hall was closed on Sunday evenings, so for awhile, he would bring his laundry over and my roommate would run a load and feed him!
My dad played for NAVY ‘61, ‘62… (Rodger Staubachs plebe year) fast forward to 2009, my husband Steve was being inducted into the UT Hall of Honor, Coach Royal was in attendance…
I had explained to dad that Coach Royal was battling memory issues, yet Dad beelined it over to Coach Royal, and wanted to pay respects to him re the ‘64 game. Without batting an eye, Coach Royal reached out to shake hands and told dad, “we were lucky he’ll to get outta there!” It was a magical moment for my dad!
