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...
Stuard, Jack

Stuard, Jack

Mar 18, 2013 | Lifetime Achievement for Media, Media

Jack Stuard Stuard was the fourth recipient of the Lifetime Achievement for Media, joining Bill Hart, Dallas Huston, and Bill Little. Stuard, a graduate of Abilene High, taught and served as an assistant principal in the AISD from 1955 until his retirement in 1990....

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...
Rowland, Brad

Rowland, Brad

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

Brad Rowland Rowland, who played high school football at Hamlin, still holds the career rushing record (4,437 yards) at McMurry, even though it has been more than a half century since his senior season.  He led McMurry to three Texas Conference championships and was...

Miller, Bill

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Track & Field

Bill Miller Miller, a star in both football and track in high school at Winters and in college at McMurry, won the Class 2A state long jump in 1959.  He went on to win NAIA championships in the long jump in 1962 and 1963 and became the first Texan to long jump 26 feet...

Hudson, Ray

Mar 18, 2013 | Lifetime Achievement for Officiating, Official

Ray Hudson Hudson was the fifth recipient of the Lifetime Achievement for Officiating in the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame, joining Curly Hays, Shorty Lawson, Bill Voss and Moose Stovall.  Hudson spent 38 years (1961-1999) officiating football and basketball on...