Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football
John Kimbrough Kimbrough played high school football at Haskell and Abilene. He was twice named an All-American running back at Texas A&M and helped the unbeaten Aggies claim the national championship in 1939. He was a B-24 pilot in World War II and played...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Track & Field
Hollis Gainey Gainey was an All-State running back at Colorado City in 1954 and is a member of the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame. But he made his mark in track. He won the 100- and 220-yard dashes at the state high school track meet in 1954 and 1955 and...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Golf
Bob Estes Estes was a standout basketball player and golfer at Abilene Cooper. He won an individual state championship in 1984 and helped the Cougars win three consecutive team golf state championships. He received the Nicklaus Award as the nation’s top collegiate...
Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Swimming
Bev Ball Ball, a native of Throckmorton, spent 48 years as a coach and teacher in the Abilene Independent School District. She coached girls’ tennis at Abilene High for 15 years and then spent 32 years as the swimming coach at both Abilene High and Cooper. She has...
Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football
Gordon Wood Wood was a 1934 graduate of Wylie High School. He began his coaching career at Rule in 1940. His coaching journey included stops at Roscoe, Seminole, Winters, Stamford, and Victoria before taking a job at Brownwood in 1960. When he finally retired as...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football
Don Maynard Maynard, who graduated from high school in Colorado City in 1953, was a state champion in the high and low hurdles in high school and an All-Conference wide receiver at Texas Western. He played 15 years in the NFL, including the New York Jets from...
