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Nov 7, 2012 · Darrell K Royal, who won three national titles as Texas coach, dies at 88 - college football - ESPN.
Darrell Royal. School. Mississippi State, Washington, Texas. Induction. 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 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...
Nov 7, 2012 · AP. 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 ...
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 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...