Wartes, Larry

Wartes, Larry

Jun 21, 2017 | Coach, Football

Larry Wartes will be inducted posthumously. He was an assistant to Gordon Wood on two state championship teams at Stamford. He then replaced Wood as the Bulldogs’ head football coach and won two more state titles in 1958 and 1959. His football coaching record was...
Shira, Charles

Shira, Charles

Jun 21, 2017 | Coach, Football, Legends

Charles Norris Shira played football at Texas A&M and West Point and later coached at Tennessee and Texas before becoming the head coach and athletic director at Mississippi State. He died at age 49 in 1976 of a cerebral hemorrhage, and the field house at...
McMillin, Lon

McMillin, Lon

Jun 21, 2017 | Athlete, Boxing, Legends

Lon McMillin was a multi-sport standout in football and track at Haskell and won a state lightweight Golden Gloves title in 1938....
Parris, The Parris Family

Parris, The Parris Family

Jun 21, 2017 | Athlete, Legacy Award, Track & Field

Rickey Parris was a four time NAIA national champion in the pole vault at McMurry, and his wife Pug Parris has taught at McMurry for nearly 40 years, currently serving as McMurry’s Director of Inter-Disciplinary Studies. She is the former chair of the kinesiology...
Turner, Jack

Turner, Jack

Jun 21, 2017 | Athlete, Boxing

Jack Turner who is retired after a long career as Taylor County commissioner, lost only five times in his boxing career, all in the Golden Gloves state finals. He then coached Abilene’s Golden Gloves boxing team from 1948-59 and was the first Abilenian to coach the...