Eight greats enter ACU Sports Hall of Fame
Enlarge Sports Hall of Fame recipients march in the 2017 Homecoming parade. Photo by Susan Hardcastle ACU inducted another distinguished class of former student-athletes into the ACU Sports Hall of...
View ArticleRegional sports hall of fame adds two Wildcats
John Ray Godfrey Wally Bullington Two of the newest members of the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame earned all-America recognition while competing at Abilene Christian University, and have...
View ArticleRegional hall of fame to induct Kelly Kent
Kelly Kent, who helped lead Abilene Christian University to its last national football championship before dying tragically at age 21, will be inducted May 7 to the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame. A...
View ArticleACU Remembers: Dee Nutt
Dee Nutt (’50), a legendary figure in the history of men’s basketball at Abilene Christian University, died yesterday in Tyler, Texas at age 84. A standout player for the Wildcats, he led his team in...
View ArticleACU Remembers: Leon Reese
Civic and church leader Wyllis Leon Reese (’41), who was inducted to the Abilene Christian University Sports Hall of Fame in 1996, died June 28 at age 92. His memorial service was yesterday in Abilene....
View ArticleACU Remembers: Grant Feasel
A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Legacy Church of Christ in North Richland Hills for Grant Feasel (’83), a first-team all-America center for Abilene Christian University who...
View ArticleACU Remembers: Bill Woodhouse
Bobby Morrow (’58) has deservedly received accolades too numerous to count for his performances on the track at Abilene Christian University in the 1950s. But he ran with other talented Wildcats on the...
View ArticleGilbreth to take mound before Rangers’ game
Gilbreth pitched the Detroit Tigers to a 5-1 win over Cleveland in his first major league game in 1971. Ceremonial first pitches at major league baseball games tend to be more flop than fantastic, like...
View ArticleACU Remembers: Bill Hart
Award-winning sportswriter Bill F. Hart (’52), who wrote about Abilene Christian University athletics for decades while forging a storied newspaper career in West Texas, died April 21 at age 83 in...
View ArticleACU Remembers: Waymond Griggs
Waymond E. Griggs (’58), a member of Abilene Christian University’s Sports Hall of Fame and one of the top sprinters in the world during a standout collegiate career, died Nov. 30, 2016, in Abilene at...
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