The Longhorn All-name team by Larry Carlson

"That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet."

So said Billy Shakespeare's Juliet to Romeo. But, Julie Baby, many of us would disagree. I mean, would the Rose Bowl be nearly as cool if it were the old Poulan Weedeater Independence Bowl ? Or the GalleryFurniture.com Bowl that the Aggies once played in? Maybe the Ags each got a footstool in their swag bags for that one.

If a name doesn't matter, why did Marion Morrison become John Wayne? Why is Reginald Dwight better known as Elton John? A girl named Norma Jean got a lot more mileage out of Marilyn, i'm pretty sure.

And Mark Twain is catchier than Samuel Clemens.

Some folks were just born to become famous. Elvis Presley, Clint Eastwood and Jean-Claude Van Damme come to mind. In the sporting world, it's been hard to imagine roses such as Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Johnny Unitas, Bronko Nagurski and Wilt Chamberlain by any other name.

This in mind, I started thinking about the cool names I read about as a kid, checking on bygone Longhorn football days. A menagerie of names such as Ox Emerson, Pig Dittmar and Rooster Andrews are out there in Bevo's barnyard corral.

For a humorous and colorful explanation of these names, Larry wrote an article for TLSN . The link is

The History of Longhorn Sports


LONGHORN FOOTBALL ALL-NAME TEAM
QB
Major Applewhite ('01) Baton Rouge, LA (Catholic High Bears)

Emmet Augustus "Duke" Carlisle III ('63) Athens Hornets

Colt McCoy ('09) Tuscola (Jim Ned Indians)

RB
The Jones Boys

Johnny "Ham" Jones ('78) Hamlin Pied Pipers

Johnny "Lam" Jones ('79) Lampasas Badgers

AJ "Jam" Jones ('81) Youngstown, OH (North HS Bulldogs)

Foswhitt "Fozzy" Whittaker ('11) Pearland Oilers

FB
Rosey Leaks ('74) Brenham Cubs

O-Line
Jerry Sisemore ('72) Plainview Eagles

Turk McDonald ('92( DeSoto Eagles

Travis Roach ('72) Marlin Bulldogs

Alan Champagne ('88) Houston (Cypress Creek Cougars)

Dr. Octavious Bishop ('98) Spring (Westfield Mustangs)

Antwan Kirk-Hughes ('01) Waxahachie Indians

TE
Kerry Cash ('90) San Antonio (Holmes Huskies)

Sandy Sands ('63) New London (London Wildcats)

WR
Cotton Speyrer ('70) Port Arthur (Jefferson Yellow Jackets)

Herkie Walls ('82) Garland Owls

Bill Boy Bryant ('85) Dublin Lions

Cosmo Palmieri ('93) Austin (Westlake Chaps)

UTILITY
Booger Brooks ('78) Andrews Mustangs

Sneezy Beltran ('01) Abilene Eagles

SPECIALISTS
Placekicker
Happy Feller ('70) Fredericksburg Hill Billies

Billy "Sure" Schott ('74) Austin (Reagan Raiders)

Punter
Scooter Monzingo ('69) Del Rio Rams

Returns

Jitter Fields ('82) Dallas (Spruce High Mighty Fighting Apaches)

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DEFENSE
LINE
Kiki DeAyala ('82) Houston (Memorial Mustangs)

Doug English ('74) Dallas (Bryan Adams Cougars)

Poona Ford ('17) Hilton Head, SC (HHHS Seahawks)

Terry Steelhammer ('85) El Paso (Eastwood Troopers)

LINEBACKERS
Roddrick Muckleroy ('09) Hallsville Bobcats

Sherman Beowulf Lee ('75) Fort Worth (Southwest Raiders)
BACKS
Lance Gunn ('92) Galena Park (North Shore Mustangs)

Quentin Jammer ('01) Angleton Wildcats

Quandre Diggs ('14) Angleton Wildcats

Derrick Hatchett ('79) San Antonio (John Jay Mustangs)

Joe Bob "Buzzard" Bizzell Odessa (Permian Panthers)

DEPTH
Todd Ringo ('91) Amarillo Sandies

Nic Redwine ('08) Tyler (Lee Raiders)

D'Andre Christmas-Giles ('19) New Orleans (St Augustine Purple Knights)

 

Brother Billy,

1970 I was starting Jr. Center at FW Southwest - (Rebels back then) when Sr. LB Sherman Lee was wrecking havoc on offesnes... he was was a beast and we knew why DKR recruited him.
Just my .02

 

Dicker the Kicker?

 

I wonder who Cody Carlson would pick.