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Sports Hall of Fame

The Texas Sports Hall of Fame was organized in 1951 by the Texas Sports Writers Association. Each year the honorees are inducted into the Hall of Fame at a gala dinner. (The second such fete in 1952 was headlined by, “That filmland athlete, , and his actress wife, Nancy Davis,”The Morning News, June 9, 1952.) The hall was originally in Grand Prairie in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The Hall of Fame was closed in 1986 for financial reasons, but in 1991 it was reopened in Waco. In addition to memorabilia, the new location also houses archives. Under the current selection process, dues-paying members of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame can nominate any number of individuals. (Anyone can become a member.) The selection committee, chaired by Dave Campbell, founder of Texas Football Magazine, reviews all nominees and creates the “Official Voting Membership” ballot. Ballots are then mailed to the voting membership, former Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductees and the media selection committee. The results of the balloting are announced in the fall with the induction banquet following in the winter. The hall of fame website is at www.tshof.org.

Year Inductee Sport Texas connection, career From the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, The Handbook of Texas, The Dallas Morning News and other sources. 2006 DeLoss Dodds Athletics UT , 1981- Mia Hamm Soccer Wichita Falls, college/national/Olympics 1989-2004 Olympics Olympic decathlon 1956, 1960, Hillsboro native Football owner, 1989- Football UT 1972-74, Brenham Football Oilers , 1984-93 Football Dallas Cowboys running back, 1961-68 Rafer Johnson, 2006. Football Oklahoma, Heisman 1978, Hooks native 2005 , Houston Colt .45s Tim Brown Football Notre Dame, Heisman, NFL 1988-04, from Dallas Baseball UT coach, 1997- Tennis Houston, Olympics 1988, pro 1982-96 Bela Karolyi Gymnastics Trainer, Olympics coach, Houston resident Martha Karolyi Gymnastics Trainer, Olympics coach, Houston resident James Segrest Track Coach, Odessa College 1973-94 .. Slocum Football A& coach, 1989-2003 Football Dallas Cowboys running back, 1990-2002 2004 Baseball , 1991-2004 Baseball Houston Astros, 1988- Zina Garrison, 2005. Baseball Coach, San Jacinto Jr. College, Rice 1992- Coach, Wayland Baptist 1946-73, U.. national teams Gymnastics Olympics 1984, Houston resident Football Dallas Cowboys tackle, 1967-79 2003 Football Houston Oilers lineman, 1968-83 Basketball Alba, coach Baylor 1973-77, exec.

Mary Lou Retton, 2004. Football Dallas Cowboys receiver 1965-74 Robert Hughes Basketball Winningest coach 1958- 2005, Ft. Worth high schools Basketball Player, coach, Houston Rockets beginning 1970 Stanley Williams Football Cisco, Baylor 1949-51, All America Football Coach, , 1962-86 Year Inductee Sport Texas connection, career 2002 Michael Carter Football Dallas, SMU 1979-83, 1984-92 Football Clifton, A&M 1955-57, St. Louis Cardinals 1958-68 Eddie Reese UT coach since 1978 Jr. Football Port Arthur, Oklahoma 1972-75, NFL 1976-85 2001 Football Dallas Cowboys quarterback, 1989-2000 Baseball Justiceburg, Tigers 1960-74 Bobby Labonte Auto racing Corpus Christi, NASCAR 1991- Terry Labonte Auto racing Corpus Christi, NASCAR 1978-2006 Dick Lane Football Austin, ‘Night Train,’ NFL 1952-65 Bruce Matthews Football NFL lineman, Houston/Tennessee 1983-2001 Football Houston Oilers lineman, 1982-93 2000 Charles Coody Stamford, TCU, PGA 1960-2006 Football Houston native, Washington Redskins 1983-2002 Clyde Hart Track Coach, Baylor 1963-2005 Football Baylor quarterback 1949-51, Canadian football Jimmy Johnson Football Dallas Cowboys coach, 1984-89, Port Arthur native Payne Stewart Golf SMU All-American, PGA 1982-1999 James Street Football UT quarterback 1968-69, Longview native Football Robstown native, Oakland Raiders 1967-81 1999 Red Cashion Football College Station, referee, 1952-1997 Ty Murray, 1999. Football Sealy, SMU 1979-82, NFL 1983-93 Jim Hall Auto racing Abilene, road racing driver 1960-63, constructor Ty Murray Rodeo Stephenville, Odessa College, pro career 1989-2002 Football Orange, Houston Oilers coach, 1975-80 Football Dallas Cowboys , 1964-1977 David Robertson Basketball Spurs, 1989- 2003 Basketball Tulia, Lockney, Texas Tech coach 1982- Basketball Brownfield, Texas Tech, Houston Comets 1997- 1998 Baseball San Jacinto College, UT, Houston Astros 2004- Baseball Houston Astros, player 1964- 76, manager 1997-01 Basketball U of , Olympics, Houston Jerry Jones, 2006, and Bum Phillips, 1999. Rockets 1995-98 Bill Foster Baseball Calvert, Negro League 1923-37 Baseball Calvert, black pitcher 1897, a founder Negro League Sandra Meadows Basketball Duncanville coach 1968-94 Basketball U of H 1980-84 , Houston Rockets 1984-2001 Golf Midland resident, LPGA 1965-79 1997 Lee Ballanfant Baseball Waco, minor/major league umpire 1926-1958 Basketball Goldwaite, Baylor, coach UT 1976- Football Fort Worth, Army, Giants tackle 1946-52 Football Odessa, coach SMU 1962-72, 1973-78 Michael Johnson Track Dallas native, Olympics 1996 Track Texas Woman’s 1977-79, Olympics 1980, ’84,’88 Year Inductee Sport Texas connection, career 1996 Miller Barber Golf Sherman, PGA 1958-89 Don Baylor Baseball Austin, MLB 1970-88, manager Rockies, Cubs Football Tyler, UT, Heisman, Houston Oilers 1978-84 Football Temple, UT, 1952-59 Don Gay Rodeo Mesquite, bull-riding titles 1974-84 Basketball 1974-85 Baseball Bonham native, Houston Colt .45s/Astros 1962-72 Football Powderly, A&M player 1954-56, coach 1965-71 Billy Welu Bowling Houston, pro career 1954- Earl Campbell, 1996. Randy White Football Dallas Cowboys 1975-88 1995 Tut Bartzen Tennis San Angelo, player 1953-74, TCU coach 1974-99 Football Breckenridge, coach A&M 1972-78 Ben Crenshaw Golf Austin, UT, PGA 1973- Golf Fort Worth, LPGA 1963-89 Tom Kite Golf Austin, UT, PGA 1972- Jerry LeVias Football Beaumont, SMU 1965-68, Houston Oilers 1969-70 Track U of H, Olympics 1984-96 Toots Mansfield Rodeo Bandera, Big Spring, roping 1939-50 Football North Texas All-America 1951, NFL Browns 1952-63 Football Dallas Cowboys 1960-88 Football Houston, Baylor 1978-80, Bears 1981-92 Football Snyder, Baylor coach 1972- 92 1994 . Alvin Gardner Baseball executive 1920-53 Claude Gilstrap Football UT-Arlington coach-athletic director 1952-75 Baseball UT coach 1968-96 Ken Hall Football Sugar Land 1950-53 state records, A&M, AFL, NFL Track Texas Southern, Olympics 1968 Football Lufkin, Prairie View, Houston , 1994, and Hakeem Olajuwon, 1998. Oilers 1967-72 Malcolm Kutner Football Dallas, UT All-America 1941, Chicago Cardinals Football Fort Worth, A&M, 1952-1964 Guy Lewis Basketball U of H coach 1956-86 Basketball A&M coach 1963-90 Allie White Football TCU player 1936-38, assistant coach 1950-70 1988-1993 No inductions 1987 Football Baylor All-America 1956, NFL Detroit, Cleveland Basketball Texas /UTEP coach 1961-99 Jerry Heidenreich Swimming Dallas, SMU, Olympics 1972 Baseball Buda, UT, 1941-49 Football Jacksboro, TCU All-America 1934-35, Green Bay Football Christoval, A&M, Houston Oilers coach 1990-94 .A. Tittle Football Marshall native, LSU, NFL 1948-64 Year Inductee Sport Texas connection, career 1986 Boxing Marshall native, Olympics 1968, pro 1969-97 Football Sulphur Springs, SMU, NFL player/coach 1956-87 Basketball U of H 1965-68, Houston Rockets Ernie Koy Sr. Baseball Sealy native, UT, MLB 1938-42 Football Coach 42 years, North Texas 1946-66 Chuck Moser Football Coach 1946-59, McAllen and Abilene J. Curtis Sanford Football Dallas, began 1936 Field Scovell Football Dallas, A&M, executive Cotton Bowl Carroll Shelby Auto racing Driver 1954-60, designer, Leesburg native 1985 Eck Curtis Football Vernon, Abilene Christian, high school coach 1925-45 Football Temple, North Texas, Steelers 1969-81 I.. Hale Football Dallas, TCU All-America tackle 1936-39 Baseball Baylor, 1923-46 Bob Neyland Football Greenville native, Army, coach Tennessee 1926-52 Dick ’Neal Basketball TCU All-America 1955-57 Harvey Penick Golf Austin, pro golfer/instructor beginning in 1920s Baseball Alvin, MLB 1966-93, Astros 1980-88/Rangers 89-93 Track UT 1952-54, Olympics 1952 Nolan Ryan, 1985. James Williams Football Waco, All-America Rice /kicker 1946-49 1984 Football Stinnett, Texas Tech 1963-65, Green Bay Packers Emmett Brunson Track Rice athlete/coach 1928-70 Curtis Cokes Boxing Dallas, pro 1966-73 Sports Entrepreneur, a founder AFL 1960, Dallas Texans Bob Kinney Basketball San Antonio, Rice All-America 1940-42, NBA Football Kemp, coach Cardinals/Detroit/Pittsburgh 1943-64 Football St. Jo, UT 1950-52, Detroit Lions/LA Rams Football Grand Prairie, Washington Redskins 1964-77 Football A&M 1905-07, a founder 1983 Tonto Coleman Football Roscoe, coach for 37 years, Abilene Christian 1942-50 Football Crosbyton, Texas Western, AFL-NFL 1958-73 Bud McFadin Football Iraan, UT 1949-50, NFL-AFL 1952-65 James St Clair Basketball Coach North Texas 1915, SMU 1925-37 Football Dallas Cowboys quarterback 1969-79 Pinky Whitney Baseball San Antonio, major leagues 1928-39, All-Star Dave Williams Golf U of H coach 1952-87 Gordon Wood Football HS coach 43 years, 26 at Brownwood, retired 1985 , 1982. Pep Youngs Baseball San Antonio, NY Gaints 1917-27 1982 John David Crow Football A&M, Heisman 1957, Cardinals/49ers 1958-68 .J. Holub Football Schulenburg, Texas Tech, Texans/Chiefs 1962-70 Fred Marberry Baseball Streetman, majors 1923-36, first Johnny Rutherford Auto racing Fort Worth, driver 1963-1994 Baseball Lufkin, majors 1951-Houston Colt .45s 1963-64 Golf Monahans, LPGA 1965-85 1981 No inductions Year Inductee Sport Texas connection, career 1980 Fred Cobb Golf North Texas coach 1946-54 Dick Maegle Football Rice 1952-54, All America, NFL 1955-1961 Baseball Galveston, major-league 1928-45 Football San Antonio, UT 1963-65, Falcons 1966-76 Jack Patterson Track Merkel, Rice, coach 1950-71 U of H, Baylor, UT 1979 Bruce Barnes Tennis Dallas, UT 1929-31, pro 1932-43 Track Fort Worth, A&M 1949-53, Olympics 1952 Don January Golf Plainview, Dallas, North Texas, PGA 1952-87 Catfish Smith Football Coach 1936-58, Carey, Mt. Vernon, State Al Vincent Baseball Texas League manager 1946-50, majors coach Floyd Wagstaff Basketball Coach, Tyler Junior College 1946-75 1978 Jackie Burke Jr. Golf Galveston, PGA 1949-63 , 1977, and , 1960. Spec Goldman Golf Dallas, won 165 amateur tournaments 1930s-50s Oliver Jackson Track Coach, Abilene Christian 1948-63 Football Mission, UT, Dallas Cowboys coach 1960-88 Polly Riley Golf Fort Worth, 1947-62 Bill Wallace Football Eagle Lake, Rice 1933-35, All-America 1977 Don Meredith Football Mt. Vernon, SMU, Dallas Cowboys 1960-1968 J.. Sikes Football A&M 1920s, coach A&M, East Texas State Gil Steinke Football Ganado, Texas A&I player/coach, NFL 1945-48 Football TCU 1954-56, All-America Warren Woodson Football College coach 1927-66, Trinity, Hardin-Simmons 1976 Basketball Baylor coach 1942-61 Jim Krebs Basketball SMU, NBA 1957-64 Football UT coach 1957-76 Harrison Stafford Football Wharton, UT halfback 1930-32 Jerry Thompson Track Dallas, UT runner 1940s 1975 Frank Anderson Track A&M coach 1920-57 Red Barr Swimming SMU coach 1946-71 Football Throckmorton, TCU, Dallas Cowboys 1961-74 Johnny Vaught Football Olney, TCU 1930-32, coach Ole Miss for 25 years 1974 Football Corpus Christi, SMU, Colts 1955-67 Bill Henderson Football Houston, A&M 1940-42, lettered in four sports Track Pampa, A&M, Olympics 1964, ’68 Golf Dallas, PGA 1967-2000 1973 Dusty Boggess Baseball Waco, Texas League player, MLB umpire 1944-62 Lee Trevino, 1974. Football Baylor coach 1920-25 James Conley Baseball Texas League pitcher 1916-27 Albert Curtis Football Fort Worth, UT 1922-24, SWC official Lew Jenkins Boxing Milburn, Sweetwater, pro 1940-50 John Drew Johnson Football Waco 1920-22, Baylor 1972 E.O. (Doc) Hayes Basketball Coach 1927-67, Pilot , Dallas, SMU Bill Lillard Bowling Houston, pro 1955-71 Football Jacksboro, TCU player 1929-32, coach 1953-66 Joe Pate Baseball Alice, Texas League pitcher 1920s, Athletics 1926-27 Year Inductee Sport Texas connection, career 1971 Jack Johnson Boxing Galveston, pro 1897-1915 Bubba Reynolds Baseball Southwestern U., MLB 1927-39 Rusty Russell Football Coach 1927-52, Fort Worth, Dallas, SMU Pete Shotwell Football Coach 1916-52, Abilene, Breckenridge, Longview .J. Wisdom Basketball Coach 1922-42, Tarleton Jr./State 1970 Baseball Dallas, 1953-71 Basketball Athens, coach Van, Rice 1940-42, TCU 1948-67 Max Hirsch Sr. Horse Races Fredericksburg, trainer 1920s-50s Football Rice coach 1940-66 1969 Football Nixon, San Antonio, Rice 1940-47, Clarence Kraft Baseball Fort Worth, Texas League 1918-24 Track Dallas, UT 1954-59, Olympics 1956

Ernie Banks, 1970. Bobby Wilson Football Brenham, SMU 1933-35, pro Brooklyn 1936-37 1968 Ralph Guldahl Golf Dallas, PGA 1931-40 Betty Jameson Golf UT, pro 1945, a founder LPGA Football A&M coach 1934-47 Dick Todd Football Crowell, A&M, Washington Redskins 1939-51 1967 A.J. Foyt Auto racing Houston, 1957-92 Howard Grubbs Sports Kaufman, TCU, commissioner SWC 1950-73 Track Rice, Olympics 1964 Barton Koch Football Temple, Baylor 1928-30, All-America 1966 Wesley Bradshaw Football Athens, Baylor, NFL 1924-26 Football Kerens, coach 1930-50, Amarillo, UT Baseball Houston, Rice, St. Louis player/manager 1922-50 Lloyd Mangrum Golf Trenton, PGA 1940-56 J. Walter Morris Baseball Rockwall, Texas League player/executive 1902-28 Basketball Fort Worth, Baylor, Olympics 1948 Ad Toepperwein Shooting Leon Springs, touring marks- man beginning in 1901 1965 Ben Lee Boynton Football Waco, 1917 1st Texan All- America, Williams College A.J. Foyt, 1967. Baseball Red Oak, UT, MLB player, Red Sox manager 1955-62 Raymond Matthews Football Fort Worth, TCU 1926-28, All-America Willie Shoemaker Horse Races Fabens, Abilene, jockey 1949-90 1964 Track Beaumont, A&M, Olympics 1952, NBA 1952-57 Jack Gray Basketball Edom, UT 1932-35 player, coach 1937-51 Basketball Houston, UT, NBA 1949-60 Tex Rickard Boxing Henrietta, promoter 1906-29, started NHL Rangers 1963 Jake Atz Baseball Majors 1902-09, Texas League manager 1914-39 Wilson Elkins Football San Antonio, UT 1929-32, Texas Western president Earl Meadows Track Fort Worth, USC, Olympics 1936 Football SMU coach 1915-16, ’22-34, Austin College 1949-52 Year Inductee Sport Texas connection, career 1962 David Browning Diving Corpus Christi, UT, Olympics 1952 Football NFL 1920-27, coach Austin College, asst. coach Rice Football Sulphur Springs, SMU 1925-27, All-America John J. McCloskey Baseball Father of Texas League 1888 .A. Penick Tennis UT coach 1908-57, SWC president 1922-34 Football San Antonio, SMU, NY Giants 1951-61 1961 Football Coach 1919-40, Beaumont, Austin Col., Texas Tech Baseball Austin, UT, MLB 1920-31, UT coach 1942-67 Monty Stratton Baseball Wagner, MLB 1934-38, 1948 film Stratton Story Clyde Turner Football Sweetwater, Hardin-Simmons, NFL 1940-52 1960 Charles Aldrich Football Temple, TCU, Cardinals/Redskins 1939-47 Football Coach 1923-49, TCU, A&M, SMU Bobby Layne Football Santa Anna, Dallas, UT, NFL 1948-62 , 1955. Track San Benito, Abilene Christian, Olympics 1956 1959 Dana . Bible Football Coach 1913-46, A&M, UT Baseball Waxahachie, MLB 1932-86, Colt .45s/Rangers exec. Football Dallas, SMU 1947-49, Heisman, Detroit Lions 1958 Joel Hunt Football Teague, A&M quarterback 1925-27 Football Haskell, A&M 1938-40, All America, pro 1946-48 Track Beaumont, UT 1912-16 athlete, coach 1920-61 Fred Wolcott Track Rice 1938-40, world records running 1957 Wilmer Allison Tennis San Antonio, UT 1925-29 player, coach 1957-73 Golf Houston, PGA 1938-57 Football Ellinger, TCU 1917-20 player, coach 1934-52 1956 Basketball Coach 1929-39, Athens (national title), Rice Davey O’Brien Football Dallas, TCU quarterback, Heisman, NFL 1939-40 Cecil Smith Polo Oxford (Llano Co.), international competitor 1938-62 1955 Rogers Hornsby Baseball Winters, Fort Worth, MLB player/manager 1915-53 Golf Long Branch, Fort Worth, PGA 1935-51 Paul Tyson Football Coach, Waco 1913-31 1954 Football Sweetwater, TCU 1934-36, Redskins 1937-52 William Disch Baseball UT coach 1911-39 Bo McMillin Football Fort Worth, college coach 1922-1947, NFL 1948-50 Babe Zaharias Golf Port Arthur, Olympic athlete 1932, a founder LPGA 1953 No inductees 1952 Golf Dublin, Fort Worth, PGA 1931-67 Joe Routt Football Chappell Hill, A&M All America 1936-37 , 1954. 1951 Baseball Hubbard, MLB 1907-28, manager of world champion 1920 END