Rhodes, Dominic

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

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...
Huston, Dallas

Huston, Dallas

Dallas Huston Huston is a legend in Brownwood.  He has been the beloved play-by-play voice for the Brownwood Lions and Howard Payne University football, baseball and basketball since 1963, jobs he still performs in a career that has spanned several generations of...
Groseclose, Bob

Groseclose, Bob

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...

Bellard, Emory

Emory Bellard Bellard won three state football championships as a coach at Breckenridge and San Angelo before going into college coaching.  He was an assistant to Darrell Royal at Texas when he was credited with inventing the wishbone offense.  The Longhorns won two...

Womack, Charles “Nig”

Charles “Nig” Womack Womack, who was inducted into the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, coached both boys and girls basketball and served as superintendent at Hawley High School from 1947 to 1979.  His boys’ teams had a record of 896-127 and his...