Sprinkle, Ed

Sprinkle, Ed

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

Ed Sprinkle Sprinkle played one-year of six-man football at Tuscola before going to Hardin-Simmons.  He played three seasons at HSU before the school dropped sports because of World War II.  Sprinkle joined the Navy and received an appointment to the Naval Academy,...

Snow, Justin

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

Justin Snow Snow and Dominic Rhodes, teammates at Abilene Cooper in 1994 and ’95, helped lead the Indianapolis Colts to the Super Bowl XLI championship on February 4, 2007, in Miami.  They were the first high school teammates to also be teammates on a Super Bowl...

Rhodes, Dominic

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

Dominic Rhodes Rhodes rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown for the Indianapolis Colts in their 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XVI.  He is the third leading rusher in Cooper school history, gaining 3,102 yards in his high school career.  He helped...
Jones-DeLane, Rose Mary

Jones-DeLane, Rose Mary

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Basketball

Rose Mary Jones Jones averaged more than 40 points per game during three high school seasons at Trent and scored 73 points in a game in 1957 for the Lady Gorillas.  She was featured in Newsweek magazine in high school and went on to play for the Wayland Baptist Flying...
Segrest, James

Segrest, James

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Track & Field

James Segrest Segrest, a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, was known as the “One Man Gang from Bangs” when he single-handedly scored 34 points at the 1954 Class A track and field state meet to win the state championship for Bangs.  Segrest ran on relay teams...

Harrison, Chuck

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Baseball

Chuck Harrison Harrison played football and baseball at Abilene High.  He was a two-sport star at Texas Tech, playing defensive end in front of E.J. Holub.  But Harrison is considered Tech’s first star in baseball.  In 1962, he not only hit .440 but he sported a 1.020...