Wartes, Larry

Jun 21, 2017

Larry Wartes will be inducted posthumously. He was an assistant to Gordon Wood on two state championship teams at Stamford. He then replaced Wood as the Bulldogs’ head football coach and won two more state titles in 1958 and 1959. His football coaching record was 97-47-4 at Stamford and Hereford. He was all-Border Conference in basketball and also played baseball at Hardin-Simmons, where he is member of the HSU Hall of Fame. His football coaching record was 97- 47-4 at Stamford and Hereford. He was all-Border Conference in basketball and also played baseball at Hardin-Simmons, where he is member of the HSU Hall of Fame.