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Darrell K Royal (July 6, 1924 – November 7, 2012) was an American gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State University (1954–1955), the University of Washington (1956), and the University of Texas (1957–1976), compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5.
Nov 7, 2012 · Royal, who won two national championships and turned the Longhorns program into a national power, died early Wednesday at age 88 of complications from cardiovascular disease, school spokesman...
Nov 7, 2012 · Former Texas coach Darrell Royal has passed away at the age of 88, a school spokesperson said Wednesday. Royal had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. The AP wrote a story updating his health a week or so ago, and things did not sound promising at the time.
Nov 7, 2012 · Darrell Royal, a folksy former all-American player who became one of college football’s most acclaimed and innovative coaches, leading the University of Texas Longhorns to three national ...
Darrell Royal was a quarterback at Oklahoma under Bud Wilkinson between 1946 and 1949, winning All-America honors in 1949. Three years of coaching at Mississippi State (1954-1955) and Washington (1956) prepared him for Texas and the Southwest Conference in 1957.
Darrell Royal was a quarterback at Oklahoma under Bud Wilkinson between 1946 and 1949, winning All-America honors in 1949. Three years of coaching at Mississippi State (1954-1955) and Washington (1956) prepared him for Texas and the Southwest Conference in 1957.
Nov 7, 2012 · Darrell Royal, who coached the University of Texas Longhorns to three national titles "and became the biggest college football icon in a state that worships the sport, has died at age 88,"...
Nov 8, 2012 · Darrell Royal, the football coach who led the University of Texas to at least a share of three national championships in the 1960s and 1970s, died Wednesday in Austin after a battle with...
Nov 8, 2012 · Darrell Royal, the legendary Texas coach who led the Longhorns to three national college football titles and 11 Southwest Conference titles in a 20-year tenure that ended in 1976, died...
Nov 7, 2012 · As the Texas coach from 1957 to 1976, Darrell Royal led the Longhorns to three national championships and represented integrity, respect and a romanticized past.
