Thanks Clayton...so sad...too soon! I was at UT when he soared...he was awesome. I never met him, but loved watching him play. Your story with Emma is a great & touching memory.
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Clayton Stromberger cstromberger@austin.utexas.edu wrote:
For those of you not in Austin, the word has been spreading today that James Street, legendary quarterback of the '69 championship team, has passed away this morning of a heart attack at age 65. If you paid any attention to Longhorn football in the late '60s, or heard stories afterwards, you can imagine what this means to people around here. Lots of shocked and sad folks writing testimonials in the online guestbook at the statesman.com site.
Doc, any Street memories or stories to share?
I always wanted to shake his hand, and finally had my chance just last year. I took Emma to Darrell Royal's funeral and led her down onto the floor of the Erwin Center after the ceremony, to see who we could see. We stood next to Willie, saw Frank Broyles, the Arkansas coach from those days, and then spotted Street. I'd told Emma a lot about him, so I said, "You wanna meet him?" and of course I did too, since I had always treasured the '69 team photo signed by him that my dad had given me that Christmas. Fortunately she said "Okay!" So we sidled up to him and I introduced myself and Emma and he was the same charming, friendly, chatty guy with the funny grin I always imagined him to be from a worshipful distance in my boyhood.
A sad day here, he leaves behind a wife, five sons, and thousands of close friends.
cs
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