Sixteen of the Most Influential Texas Sports Icons of the Past 50 Years
From Staubach to Mahomes, Darrell Royal to Coach Pop, Lee Trevino to Simone Biles, here are sixteen figures who have defined Texas sports.
Rafe Bartholomew is a contributing editor at Texas Monthly. Prior to joining the magazine in 2020, he worked as features editor at Grantland and Eater, an assistant editor at Harper’s Magazine, and a staff writer at the Athletic. He is the author of Pacific Rims: Beermen Ballin’ in Flip-Flops and the Philippines’ Unlikely Love Affair with Basketball and Two and Two: McSorley’s, My Dad, and Me, and a coauthor of the New York Times best-selling Basketball: A Love Story.
From Staubach to Mahomes, Darrell Royal to Coach Pop, Lee Trevino to Simone Biles, here are sixteen figures who have defined Texas sports.
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