Show off your Longhorn memorabilia (autographs, cards and other collectibles)!

[Midhorn75]

I don’t have any signed jerseys or cards, but I finally found a 1963 National Championship booklet that I got signed by Coach Royal and Duke Carlisle. This was from the 1964 Athens, Texas football banquet where they honored Duke and Coach Royal was the guest speaker. Most of my stuff from the 60’s and 70’s burned in my parents house in the late 70’s, but somehow this survived. The Longhorn’s 1st National Championship and I also attended the Cotton Bowl.

[Jc Dobbs]

This morning on OTF Coach Vic said (paraphrasing) the World is mostly a beautiful place, but sometimes it rears its' ugly head.

There's all these pieces of memorabilia that honor the Longhorns greats and bring happiness to the Texas fans who own and hold them.

As the Coach said, "sometimes"... Well, I had a high school coach who used to tell his teams "Boys, you have to learn to take the good along with the bad."

I got a game-worn Texas football helmet at one of the first "Yard Sales" held along with the Spring football game in the 1980s and got the number stickers from the Rooster Andrews store to add my high school #30 to the back of the Longhorn helmet. At Spring Games, Longhorn Foundation events and Texas Exes fundraisers, I got autographs on the helmet. Coaches included Darrell Royal and each head coach through Mack Brown, and players included Earl, Ricky and a few others.

Unfortunately, the helmet, a football autographed by a dozen prominent Texas players, several autographed player photos and a wristwatch commemorating the National Championship victory over USC...all were stolen along with a S&W.38 cal silver plated revolver (locked in a gun safe box) that was given to me by my late father in 1988, the final Texas-OU game we attended together before he died ( last game of 35 OU games together).

The items were stolen by movers somewhere along the way in an interstate relocation. I moved with job transfers several times before without any problems or losses.

I note this not seeking sympathy from my fellow Longhorns, but to remind everyone to keep close watch on things that are special to you. It's sad that we can't live trustingly, but I learned that lesson several years ago. As Ronald Reagan said regarding international relations, "Trust But Verify." 

Hook 'Em!