Rhodes, Dominic

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Football

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

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Basketball

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...
Groseclose, Bob

Groseclose, Bob

Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Track & Field

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

Mar 18, 2013 | Coach, Football

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”

Mar 18, 2013 | Basketball, Coach

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...
Segrest, James

Segrest, James

Mar 18, 2013 | Athlete, Track & Field

James Segrest Segrest, a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, was known as the “One Man Gang from Bangs” when he single-handedly scored 34 points at the 1954 Class A track and field state meet to win the state championship for Bangs.  Segrest ran on relay teams...