Who Am I? (5.4.23)

[UNTLifer]

Considered one of the best running backs of his time, earned all conference and HM All-America honors.

[cousin oliver]

Patrick Cobbs?

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

Lance Dunbar?

[jperg2]

Super Jamario

[SilverEagle]

Abner Haynes

[Marty]

Charlie Shepherd

[UNTLifer]

None of the above.

Clue #2.  A native of SE Texas, post playing days became a coach at LSU.

[UNTLifer]

Scored a TD in one of our bowl games.

[MeanGreen_MBA]

Eric Pegram?

[UNTLifer]

Not Eric.  I don't think Eric played in a bowl game.

Edited May 5, 2023 by UNTLifer

[Texas Stranger]

Bill Christle?

[UNTLifer]

26 minutes ago, Texas Stranger said:

Bill Christle?

No sir.  I don't know who that is.

In the bowl game he scored the TD, he also kicked the EP.

Edited May 5, 2023 by UNTLifer

[Marty]

John Love??

[SilverEagle]

52 minutes ago, Marty said:

John Love??

John Love never played in a bowl game at NT......alhough I saw him do that once.

Edited May 5, 2023 by SilverEagle

[Jonnyeagle]

@UNTLifer you know I respect you and we all enjoy your games a lot, but if the great@SilverEagle can’t guess your questions they are probably getting too hard.

[Graddean]

Bill Christle was an All MVC halfback senior on the 1961 football team.  He was backup halfback to Abner Haynes his sophomore year and started his junior year.

[Graddean]

Billy Dinkle

[Texas Stranger]

It would have to be Dinkle in 1948

[UNTLifer]

1 hour ago, Graddean said:

Billy Dinkle

We have a winner. 
 

3 hours ago, Jonnyeagle said:

@UNTLifer you know I respect you and we all enjoy your games a lot, but if the great@SilverEagle can’t guess your questions they are probably getting too hard.

I didn’t know a thing about Dinkle until I started this. I think it is important that we know our past whether it be five years ago or fifty plus. 

[SilverEagle]

On 5/5/2023 at 8:15 PM, UNTLifer said:

We have a winner. 
 

I didn’t know a thing about Dinkle until I started this. I think it is important that we know our past whether it be five years ago or fifty plus. 

I've heard the name a time or two, but I could never tell anyone anything about him. Other than the final scores for each season, I don't know where to find any sort of statistical/background information about North Texas players pre-1950.  I know that NT had a phenomenal start after WW 2, but I don't know the stars of those teams. I found out in recent years, that a former head coach (late 50's early 60's) at Decatur, Bill Laliker  had been a star RB on some of those teams. I found out that he played HS football @ Canadian.  Perhaps he and Dinkle were on the same team.

Edited May 7, 2023 by SilverEagle

[SilverEagle]

Yep, they were on the same team. Dinkle is on page 123 and Laliker is on page 125. Summaries of every game in this section of the 1947 YUCCA.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61017/m1/127/

They were on the 48 team as well.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61018/m1/120/

 

Edited May 7, 2023 by SilverEagle

[UNTLifer]

I found the basics on meangreensports.com. I then searched him and found his obituary with some additional information. 

[Eagle91Gator95]

On 5/5/2023 at 11:15 AM, MeanGreen_MBA said:

Eric Pegram?

 

On 5/5/2023 at 1:17 PM, UNTLifer said:

Not Eric.  I don't think Eric played in a bowl game.

Erric TMFD Pegram did not, in fact, play in a bowl game.