Smith, Dean

Smith, Dean

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Inductees, Track & Field

Dean Smith Smith was an all-state running back at Graham and played football and ran track at the University of Texas.  He was a halfback on the Longhorns’ team that beat Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl.  In 1952, he was a gold medalist on the United States’...
Land, Bruce

Land, Bruce

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Track & Field

Bruce Land Land of Hawley unofficially broke or tied the 100-yard dash world record seven times during his track career.  After earning all-American honors at Cisco Junior College, he ran track at McMurry and is a member of that school’s Hall of Fame.  He qualified...
Kent, Kelly

Kent, Kelly

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

Kelly Kent Kent was an all-state running back at Cisco in the mid-1970s and then played football at Abilene Christian University where he scored 26 touchdowns in three seasons.  He was a member of the ACU team that won the NAIA national championship in 1977 in the...
Ford, Ken & John

Ford, Ken & John

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football, Legacy Award

John “Model T” Ford and Kenneth Ford The Ford brothers of Breckenridge were among the first of many great passing quarterbacks to come out of the Big Country. Both are in the Hardin-Simmons Hall of Fame.  John set 13 Cowboy passing records and ranked among...
Casey, Judy

Casey, Judy

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Golf

Judy Casey Casey, a graduate of Abilene High, is one of the best female golfers to come out of the Big Country.  She was a three-time Texas Publinx champion and also won the Women’s West Texas Golf Championship three times.  She won the Louisiana State Amateur...
Cain, John Paul

Cain, John Paul

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Golf

John Paul Cain Cain, a four-year letterman in golf at Texas Tech, was the 1959 Texas Amateur champion and played Ben Crenshaw in the finals of the 1973 Trans-Mississippi Mid-Amateur.  After a lengthy career as a stockbroker and amateur golfer, Cain from Sweetwater...