This year’s Pat Gerald Memorial Legacy Award recipient is the West family, whose impact can be felt in Stamford, Brownwood and around the state of Texas. The three West brothers – Kenneth, Donald and Royce, who are deceased – all played for Coach Gordon Wood at...
Ernie Park, Abilene Wylie, is a 2026 recipient of the Bill Hart Memorial Legends Award. He played high school football at Abilene Wylie and was named an Associated Press Little All-American offensive lineman at McMurry University. Park earned all-district accolades...
Murry Bowden, Snyder, was a first team all-district football player for the Tigers in 1966 and then went on to an outstanding career at Dartmouth College. Bowden led Dartmouth to two consecutive Ivy League championships in 1969 and 1970. He was co-captain of the...
Jim Reese was Abilene High’s quarterback in 1970 and 1971 and led the district in passing and total offense. In baseball, he was an all-district second baseman at Abilene High and led the Eagles to three consecutive district championships. Reese then went to ACU,...
L.J. Collier, Munday, has enjoyed a remarkable career that has culminated into a productive NFL career. As a junior at Munday, he was named the Defensive MVP of the state championship football. In that game, he recorded six tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and...
BILL GRISSOM of Winters was the leading rusher at McMurry as a junior and senior in 1963 and 1964, and was among the survivors of the infamous belly-landing plane crash involving the McMurry football team. He then began a 34-year career as a high school football...
