Bullington, Wally

Bullington, Wally

Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football

Wally Bullington Bullington was a four-year letterman in football at ACU.  He was an assistant coach to Chuck Moser at Abilene High when the Eagles won three consecutive state championships in 1954-56 and then replaced Moser as the Abilene High head coach, compiling a...

McClure, Bill

Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Track & Field

Bill McClure McClure, a 1939 graduate of Abilene High, spent a 47-year career in athletics, beginning first as a coach at Stamford High School and then as an assistant and later head track coach at ACU, leaving to become the head track coach at both South Carolina and...

Sitton, Ted

Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football

Ted Sitton Sitton grew up in Stamford and was the quarterback on Abilene Christian University’s only unbeaten, untied team that won the Refrigerator Bowl in 1950.  He was an assistant coach on ACU’s two national championship teams in 1973 and 1977 and was the head...
Stapler, W.T.

Stapler, W.T.

Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football

W.T. Stapler Stapler was a standout football player at Hamlin and McMurry, but he made his name as a successful high school football coach with more than 200 wins.  He took over a struggling program at Sweetwater, but in a few years got the Mustangs to the Class 4A...
Ritchey, Tom

Ritchey, Tom

Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football

Tom Ritchey Ritchey is the winningest coach in the Sweetwater High School football history.  He coached at Sweetwater for 12 years, leading the Mustangs to 11 playoff appearances, and a 120-24-2 record.  His teams twice reached the state semifinals.  In his final...
Groseclose, Bob

Groseclose, Bob

Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Track & Field

Bob Groseclose Groseclose, who grew up in Breckenridge, was the fourth coach from the glory years of the 1950s at Abilene High to join the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame.  Groseclose, who died in 2005 at age 82, won three state championships as track coach at...