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Nov 7, 2012 · By. Ben Kercheval. Published November 7, 2012 05:55 AM. Sadly, one of the great coaches ever to walk the sidelines in a college football game is no longer with us. 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.
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...
He led the Longhorns to 16 bowls and won the MacArthur Bowl in 1963, 1969 and 1970. Royal's 23-year career record of 184-60-5 reflects his immense success on the field. The Longhorns finished in the Top-ten eleven times, had 77 players win All-SWC honors, while 26 won All-America laurels.
Nov 7, 2012 · On the day he died, 36 years after he left the sideline, Darrell K Royal remained the most successful, most beloved coach in Texas Longhorns history. Royal, 88, succumbed early Wednesday...
1983. 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 8, 2012 · CNN —. 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...
May 17, 2024 · AUSTIN — Darrell Royal, the former Texas football coach known as much for his folksy, simplistic approach to life as for his creative wishbone offenses and two national championships, has died.
