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Setting the record straight, Todd Smith (walkon), Tyres Dickson
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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!
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Top of the Que 05/08/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #11 @ https://Texaslsn.org
The Typewriter Bowl, Bust of Longhorn National Championship quarterbacks, Spike Dykes, The story of walk-ons
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Beyond the Big Shoot-out, Bust Details, Delano Womack
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Top of the Que 04/25/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #10
Top of the Que 04/17/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #9- Paden Kelley, The Kamrath family, Charlie Crenshaw, Don Menasco, Mark McDonald, History of recruiting in college sports , Terry Collins.
Over the last 3 1/2 years, I have written about longhorn sports History. I know many of my LinkedIn friends are not interested in this subject so now is your moment to unsubscribe or continue to receive the Texas Legacy Support Network newsletter.
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VOIDED
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The History of Longhorn Track, Field, and Cross Country - Nicole Devonish, Sandy Blakeslee, Paul Craig, and a story about Fred Akers.
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DKR SAYS “IF I HAD 11 MEN LIKE PERRY McWILLIAMS, I’D NEVER LOSE A GAME.” 10-07-1962 Texas-O.U.
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National Championship reunion
Many of the 1969 National Championship team members have emailed me recently, stating they have not heard anything about the pending celebration. Yesterday I made contact with Ricky Brown about this subject and here is his response.
Thanks, Billy. I will call you soon. We are working on getting the information out about the National Championship celebration. We are planning to host the 1969 team over the weekend of the Kansas game. We will send a save the date soon and details will be forthcoming. Call me anytime!
Best,
Ricky
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I am passing this request along from a special friend of the University of Texas-Raul Allegre. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR DONATIONS TO THE TLSN TAX EXEMPT ACCOUNT. Donations to help Bill’s family will be funneled to a Gofundme account set up by Bill Bradley. Billy Dale
Sun 7/14/2019 11:39 PM
Hello Billy - Hope you are well.
Perhaps you are already aware of this, but Bill Bradley’s sister died unexpectedly a few days ago. She was the caregiver for Bill’s brother who has special needs. The family needs help and Bill opened a GoFundMe account. This is the URL for the account: https://www.gofundme.com/f/duffy-bradley-care-fund
Would you be able to forward this request to the readers of the Texas Legacy Support Network newsletter?
Best regards,
Raul Allegre
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Coach Pat Weis and Longhorn women’s golf; The history of Heat Stroke and football 1961-2018; Spanky Stephens and Natasha’s law; The updated story of CTE - Tommy Nobis,Greg Ploetz, Julius Whittier, and Larry Webb.
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Top of the Que 06/29/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #16 - Lawrence Sampleton, Ron Baxter, Abe Lemons, Bill Ellington, Lam Jones, Randy McEachern, Highlight videos from Ed Berry, Update on Sculpts of Longhorn National Championship quarterbacks. Website address is https://texaslsn.org
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Top of the Que 06/16/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #15 - Joshua Yeoman, Tyres Dickson, Robert Brewer, and Coach Abe Lemons. Website address is https://texaslsn.org
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Randy McEachern’s dream in 1977 impacts the future of Longhorn football. Randy’s story is in the Que as well as John Scott’s 1967 walk-on story, and a historical salute to men’s Tennis and women’s rowing.
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One of the missions of TLSN is to notify Longhorn fans of books, photos, and articles that are historical in nature and enhance the Longhorn brand . TLSN performs this mission at no charge to all involved in the process.
The TLSN website has always been free, educational, insightful, and historical .
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Top of the Que 09/19/2019 VOLUME IV NEWSLETTER #23
In the Que is a fascinating story about tennis player Stewart Keller’s Longhorn sports lineage. I believe that the Keller clan represents the oldest family tree in the history of Longhorn sports (1899-2019).
A SELF PORTRAIT OF CTE
The road that Greg and Deb Ploetz traveled is a reflection of the struggles that many of our teammates and their families have suffered from this dreaded disease.
Above Tom Kite is talking to Coach Penick while Ben Crenshaw listens. Harvey coached some great golfers both men and women while he was the Longhorn Golf coach.
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Top of the Que 09/08/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #22 celebrates Longhorn Swimming Carnivals, the 1969 Longhorn National Championship, Tennis Coach Wilmer Allison admonitions, and author James Michener’s favorite subject- Hondo Crouch.
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Top of the Que 08/27/2019 Volume IV Newsletter #21 celebrates the Kamrath family, Earl Campbell, Jim Allison, Jan Todd, and the history of Tennis. #19
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#20 Horns,
With all of our combined efforts, we have approx 250+ current attendees that have RSVP’d.
Mrs. Akers would like to send out one final communication. The intent is to remind and give Akers Era Players, Coaches, Angels, and Cheerleaders a chance to RSVP (if they have not already). The celebration will definitely be a very special and memorable event. We also need a good count for the caterers, and hotel accommodations are also noted in the revised communication.
Thanks, and Hook ‘em Horns!
Debra Shankle and Akers Celebration Planning Committee.
The revised “Last Call” invite is below:
Under the rules of the time, a punt that bounced into the end zone was a live ball and could be recovered for a touchdown or touchback. On one such kick, Bill Robinson of Texas and Byron McCreary of OU raced for a ball that rolled underneath a horse hitched to a buggy beyond the goal line. McCreary ran around the horse, and Robinson dived between its hooves to recover the ball. Since there was no end line, the ball was in play and Texas was awarded a touchdown.
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#21 Ricardo Romo epitomizes what happens when a great university recruits a great athlete who lives an exemplary life giving back the blessings he has received. With Ricardo Romo in the 1960’s thru the present “What started with him changed the world.”
Fred Bednarski
EVERY NIGHT ENDS THE SAME, AS THE ENTIRE FAMILY GETS ON THEIR KNEES AND RECITES THE LORD'S PRAYER.......... IF ONE DAILY ACT DEFINES THE BEDNARSKI'S IT IS THE RECITATION OF THIS PRAYER. THEY BELIEVE IT, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BE DELIVERED FROM THE EVIL FORCES THAT HAVE UPROOTED THEM FROM THE VILLAGE IN OCCUPIED POLAND WHERE THEY WERE LOADED INTO CATTLE CARS ON THE TRAIN THAT HAS TAKEN THEM TO AUSTRIA NEARLY 1,000 MILES AWAY.
Quote from Amy Goodwin
“The picture above reflects a very special moment in my life. On this day in 1989 it was my father's turn to have a front row seat as I entered USC sports history as an All American in Cross Country. Even though my dad passed away in 2005, he and I are still bonded. In good times and bad times our spirits continue to connect and during those moments I draw strength from him.”
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VOIDED
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#23 Including in the Que are 3 books written about the 1969 team by authors Dent, Yousse, and Frei, a written mini-documentary on the loss of Freddie Steinmark , and a special article about the relationship between Bobby Mitchell and Freddie Steinmark.
There are also two new books on the market about the 1969 team. Author Mark McDonald and Mike Looney both have spent years researching the ‘69 Horns. Ordering information is in the Que.
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The Kicker -#24 ON DASILVA’S pending documentary “The Kicker” about Longhorn football player Fred Bednarski captures the horrors of WWII, new beginnings in America, and college football records. The story is about 8 year old Fred ‘s survival in a Nazi internment camp to become the first soccer-style kicker in the history of American football.
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Bill Elliot track-TLSN has a health watch section in the navigation tool at https://texaslsn.org. Bill Elliott has been added. Please keep me informed of Bill’s situation. Prayerfully - Billy Dale
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Track- Dave Morton bio Dave Morton First email of Dave’s Bio is only to the 54 Track and Field members of the TLSN newsletter.
Dave’s article will be introduced to the total email base of 2000 plus in a newsletter in late December 2019.
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Spanky Stephens TLSN board T-Ring Reflections - Spanky Stephens chapter in the history of Longhorn sports is significant. He is one of the bridge builders of Longhorn heritage shaping the present and inspiring the future.
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Hillard family support #28 Top of the Que volume IV newsletter 27 November 25, 2019- Jim Hilliard , Piper Wagner, Coach Eddie Reese and Coach Kris Kubick.
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Tennis, Jim Bayless, 1943 Cotton Bowl, Ed Olle
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Coach Elliott , Kamrath tennis, Bill Atessis
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Charlie Munson
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Team bonds, Yanaq Campbell , Beached ring , Tyres, Pat Frost
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Coach Allison- tennis
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Steve Ross, Earl Campbell, Jackie Campbell