I picked out my first football cleats at Rooster Andrews‘ store when I was a little kid. Most of my early Texas gear came from one of his stores. His name is one all Longhorn fans recognize. Andrews died today at the age of 84.
The former student manager was associated with the Texas football program for over 65 years, first as manager/water boy, then as placekicker, then sporting goods store owner, and eventually Longhorn legend. The five foot tall Andrews at one time owned four sporting goods stores in the Austin area, and was friends with U.S. presidents and Texas coaches from Clyde Littlefield to Dana X. Bible to Darrell Royal to Mack Brown. Truly a fixture in Texas Longhorn history, hopefully Rooster Andrews’ name will continue to live on.
R.I.P. Rooster Andrews 1923 – 2008.
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David Puddy
February 3rd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
This blog is as dead as Rooster.
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Josh
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:26 pm
oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh charlie! do you have the juevos to actually show up here and take your lickings the way tom brady did tonight. i got your immortal right here biotch. and now you have a whole offseason of listening to more spygate. all i gotta say to you is a big “I TOLD YOU SO.” oh yeah quick question for ya. what number does eli wear? i believe it is #10. you know another amazing qb that wears #10, that’s right VINCE YOUNG baby.
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Brian
February 4th, 2008 at 9:54 am
Technically Puddy I did at least post some links in the right sidebar but yes I have been super busy the last week. I’ve been working on a BIG redesign of the site and that’s been taking away a lot of my free time, but I do plan on doing a ton of coverage of National Signing Day and other recruiting news starting this week.