Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Golf
Billy Maxwell Maxwell was a graduate of St. Joseph Academy of Abilene. He won the U.S. Amateur golf tournament in 1951 and was a member of two national championship golf teams at North Texas State. He played on the PGA and Senior PGA Tour before retiring from...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football
Lawrence Elkins Elkns began his football career playing for legendary Brownwood High School coach Gordon Wood. In the 1960 3A state championship game, Elkins caught a touchdown pass for the Lions to help seal a 26-6 victory over Port Lavaca. At Baylor University he...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Basketball
Paula Corn Corn set a record at the girls’ state basketball tournament that may never be broken. She scored 61 points in the 1964 Class 2A state championship game, leading Baird to an 85-68 win over Jourdanton. The 23 field goals she made in that game remained a...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Basketball
Max Williams Williams was the founder of professional basketball in Texas as well as displaying skills as a wizard of the hardwood. He was the first prep player in Texas history to make the all-state team three years in a row. He led Avoca to a 44-1 record and made...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football
Jerry Tubbs Tubbs of Breckenridge was an all-American lineman at Oklahoma in 1956. He played nine years in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers, and Dallas Cowboys. Tubbs then spent the next 22 seasons as an assistant to Dallas coach, Tom Landry. ...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football
Chuck Hughes Hughes played football at Abilene High and was a 2004 posthumous inductee. After a record-setting career at the University of Texas-El Paso (including a national record 349 yards receiving in one game), Hughes played five years in the NFL for the...
