AUSTIN, Texas– Texas Football letterman John Henderson (1935) passed away on Friday. Henderson, who was the oldest living Longhorn Letterman, was 107 years old.
Last November, Henderson and his wife Charlotte, who is 105 years old, were named the oldest living married couple in the world by the Guinness World Records. John was born on Dec. 24, 1912, and Charlotte was born on Nov. 8, 1914.
The Hendersons met while in class at The University of Texas in 1934. They continued dating through college while Charlotte was studying to become a teacher and John was a student-athlete completing his education degree, as well as playing football in an era of leather helmets and no facemasks.