clyde littlefield

in 1951, Littlefield was appointed as a United States track and field coach. In 1952, he took the U.S. team to Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Scotland, England, and Ireland. In 1955, he took the U.S. team to West Germany, Belgium, France, Yugoslavia, and England.

In 1925, track coach, Clyde Littlefield, and athletic director, Theo Bellmont, founded the nationally recognized Texas Relays.  Since that time, the Texas Relays have been dedicated to him twice, in 1945 and 1963.  The Texas relays were officially named “The Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays” in 1963.  today the Texas Relays are the second largest track...

In the fall of 1920, Littlefield was hired as the head track coach and freshman football coach, and freshman basketball coach at UT. During this time as head track coach, Littlefield won 25 Southwest Conference (SWC) championships and finished second 14 times.  During his tenure 12 of his athletes won NCAA championships and three went...

Littlefield completed basic training and duty as first sergeant at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas.  He was then transferred to officers school at Camp Pike in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he was a First Lieutenant and a bayonet instructor.  Here he continued his athletic endeavors by competing on the officer’s football team and winning the...

In 1916, Littlefield was hired as a coach (football, basketball, and track), teacher, and athletic director at Greenville, Tx public schools.  In that same year, Littlefield coached the track team to a state championship.  In the three years he coached football, he only lost only one game.  In 1919, they won an un-official state championship...

Littlefield had quite an illustrious athletic career at UT.  He was on eight undefeated sports teams including football (1), track (4), and basketball (3).  He won 12 letters while at UT, only missing out on baseball because he did not have enough time to commit to the sport.  Although he did not earn a letter...