Football and basketball player, gymnast, and track athlete.
First Athletic Director of the University of Texas at Austin (1913-1937).
Instrumental in the formation of the (now defunct) Southwest Conference.
University of Texas head basketball coach 1913-1915 and 1920-1922. His team won the first ever Southwest Conference championship for the 1914-1915 season.
Led the fundraising drive to build Memorial Stadium as a tribute to Texans who served in World War I. Texas Memorial Stadium (known today as Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium) opened in 1924. In 1972, new athletic offices and facilities were added as a new building, Bellmont Hall, supporting the west stands of the stadium.
Began the tradition of playing Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Co-founder (with Clyde Littlefield) of the Texas Relays.
One of the first members of the Longhorn Hall of Honor (1957).
First Athletic Director of the University of Texas at Austin (1913-1937).
Instrumental in the formation of the (now defunct) Southwest Conference.
University of Texas head basketball coach 1913-1915 and 1920-1922. His team won the first ever Southwest Conference championship for the 1914-1915 season.
Led the fundraising drive to build Memorial Stadium as a tribute to Texans who served in World War I. Texas Memorial Stadium (known today as Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium) opened in 1924. In 1972, new athletic offices and facilities were added as a new building, Bellmont Hall, supporting the west stands of the stadium.
Began the tradition of playing Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Co-founder (with Clyde Littlefield) of the Texas Relays.
One of the first members of the Longhorn Hall of Honor (1957).
Football and basketball player, gymnast, and track athlete.
First Athletic Director of the University of Texas at Austin (1913-1937).
Instrumental in the formation of the (now defunct) Southwest Conference.
University of Texas head basketball coach 1913-1915 and 1920-1922. His team won the first ever Southwest Conference championship for the 1914-1915 season.
Led the fundraising drive to build Memorial Stadium as a tribute to Texans who served in World War I. Texas Memorial Stadium (known today as Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium) opened in 1924. In 1972, new athletic offices and facilities were added as a new building, Bellmont Hall, supporting the west stands of the stadium.
Began the tradition of playing Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Co-founder (with Clyde Littlefield) of the Texas Relays.
One of the first members of the Longhorn Hall of Honor (1957).
First Athletic Director of the University of Texas at Austin (1913-1937).
Instrumental in the formation of the (now defunct) Southwest Conference.
University of Texas head basketball coach 1913-1915 and 1920-1922. His team won the first ever Southwest Conference championship for the 1914-1915 season.
Led the fundraising drive to build Memorial Stadium as a tribute to Texans who served in World War I. Texas Memorial Stadium (known today as Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium) opened in 1924. In 1972, new athletic offices and facilities were added as a new building, Bellmont Hall, supporting the west stands of the stadium.
Began the tradition of playing Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Co-founder (with Clyde Littlefield) of the Texas Relays.
One of the first members of the Longhorn Hall of Honor (1957).
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