Texas Loses a Legend: Tommy Nobis passes

The iconic Texas Longhorn and Atlanta Falcon middle linebacker passed at age 74. The San Antonio native played for Darrell Royal and between 1963-1965, he was a two time All-American, the only sophomore starting on a Texas Longhorn national champion team and a three time All-SWC selection. He won the Rockne, Outland and Maxwell Awards and even finished 7th in the Heisman voting. His #60 became the treasured inheritance of great Longhorn linebacking and it’s penetration into Longhorn fandom psyche was such that I remember arguing with grade school teammates over who got to wear it. Nobis played both ways at Texas (starting at MLB and guard) and Darrell Royal called him the finest two way player he’d ever seen.

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