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 | 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...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football
Sammy Baugh Baugh graduated from high school in Sweetwater and college at TCU, where he played in the first Cotton Bowl. Baugh was an inaugural inductee in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963. He played 16 professional seasons with the Washington Redskins, from...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football
Dan Salkeld Salkeld was an all-district and all-state athlete while playing football and basketball and running track at Abilene High. He was captain of the 1927 team that was the state runner-up in football. In 1928, also as captain, he led the Warbirds to the...
Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football
Jimmy Carpenter Carpenter was an outstanding athlete for the Eagles during the 1954-57 era of Abilene High School sports. He was a three-time All-state Baseball selection, as well as an All-State Football selection his senior year. He led the Eagles to state...
