Welch, Mike

Welch, Mike

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

Mike Welch Welch was a two-time All-Stater at Sweetwater, starting at running back and defensive back and helping lead the Mustangs to a state championship in 1985.  He then became a four-year starter at defensive back at Baylor.  In 2010, Welch was named a...
Southall, The Morris Southall Family

Southall, The Morris Southall Family

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Coach, Football, Legacy Award

Morris Southall Family The winner of the second annual Legacy Award is the Morris Southall family of Brownwood. Southall was Hall of Fame coach Gordon Wood’s top assistant for 26 years at Brownwood, where the Lions won seven state championships.  Two of Brownwood’s...
Raughton, Cindy Shelton

Raughton, Cindy Shelton

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Basketball

Cindy Shelton (Raughton) Shelton was a terrific basketball player at tiny Avoca, which also produced Hall of Famer Max Williams.  She played three years for the Wayland Baptist College Hutcherson Flying Queens that won an AAU national championship in 1960.  She was...

McClellen, Mike

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

Mike McClellan McClellan played on Stamford’s state championship football teams of 1955 and 1956 and was a member of the Bulldogs’ state championship track team in 1957.  He was a two-time all-state halfback and a state champion in the 100, 220 and long jump.  He was...
Lilly, Bob

Lilly, Bob

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

Bob Lilly Lilly who grew up in Throckmorton, is known as “Mr. Cowboy.”  Considered the greatest defensive lineman of his era, Lilly was the Dallas Cowboys’ first-ever draft pick out of TCU in 1960, the franchise’s first selection to the Ring of Honor and the Cowboys’...

Godfrey, John Ray

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Basketball

John Ray Godfrey Godfrey of Aspermont was a first team all-American at ACU in basketball in 1968, averaging 23.8 points per game.  He holds the single-game scoring record for Moody Coliseum with 41 points.  He played on three Southland Conference championship teams at...