May 1, 2024 | Athlete, Basketball, Inductees
Frank Biggers, a 6’3” forward, played basketball for the Wallace Wildcats, a small segregated African American school in Colorado City before integration. Wallace won five state championships from 1959 to 1966. Biggers was named all-state as a sophomore in 1962,...
Apr 11, 2014 | Athlete, Basketball
Kendra Anderson Whitehead graduated from Colorado City in 1999 and then went to Hardin-Simmons where she became the most decorated basketball player in Cowgirls history. She led Hardin-Simmons to four straight American Southwest Conference championships and four NCAA...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Track & Field
Gainey was an All-State running back at Colorado City in 1954 and was inducted into the Texas High School Hall of Fame in 1999. In addition to those accolades, Gainey really made his mark on the track. He won the 100- and 220-yard dashes at the state high school...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football
Don Maynard Maynard, who graduated from high school in Colorado City in 1953, was a state champion in the high and low hurdles in high school and an All-Conference wide receiver at Texas Western. He played 15 years in the NFL, including the New York Jets from...
