Coulter was a vaudeville strongman, author, and collector. As his vaudeville days came to a close, he moved into supporting...
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Terry Todd began collecting books and magazines in the field of physical culture as a doctoral student at the University of...
Read MoreDoctors Curtis Jackson (Shorty) and Mary Evelyn Buice Alderson were faculty in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education of...
Read MoreTwo-time Masters winner, Ben Crenshaw, a local Austinite, attended UT at the same time as Tom Kite. Like his rival...
Read MoreChris Green and Laurence Chalip are former faculty members of UT’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Education. They have donated...
Read MoreHarold “Hal” Weiss was one of the greatest private collectors of strength and weightlifting materials in the post-World War II...
Read MoreDr. Allan J. Ryan was a founding member of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), served as president of...
Read MoreFor more than fifty years, the Raders published the influential Iron Man magazine from the town of Alliance, Nebraska. They also traveled...
Read MoreBeulah “Boo” Law (1922-2016) was a student and practitioner of natural hygiene from the early 1980s until her death in...
Read MoreRobert (Bob) Goldman began as an athlete, foremost as a wrestler who had dreams of making it to the Olympic...
Read MoreWriter, broadcaster and historian, Jim Apfelbaum is the first, and as yet only, three-time winner of the annual Southern Texas...
Read MoreFrom the time he was a young boy, Thomas Shrader loved sports, collegiate and professional. So much so that he...
Read MoreRobert “Bob” Kennedy (1938-2012) was a well-known contributor to the bodybuilding and fitness world as a publisher, author, artist, and...
Read MoreIf you want to know how and when sports medicine became a specialty, you need only to read Jack Berryman’s...
Read MoreBob Samuels (1911- 2000) was a pioneer powerlifting and Olympic-style weightlifting competitor and coach. Born in New York City to...
Read MoreThere’s a complex, somewhat dramatic, story to how the Stark Center came to be the home of the extensive health...
Read MoreIt is impossible to discuss University of Texas football with mentioning, at some point, legendary coach, Darrell K Royal. Although...
Read MoreStanley Rothwell was a British physical culturist and educator best known as a writer, fitness model, bodybuilder, boxer, and wrestler....
Read MoreTom Kite is a professional golfer with 19 wins on the PGA Tour, including the 1992 U.S. Open. Kite, along...
Read MoreAnna Hiss was an instructor of physical education at The University of Texas at Austin from 1918 until her retirement...
Read MoreJames Dunaway, a sports journalist renowned for his coverage of track and field athletes and events, covered sporting events from...
Read MoreThe Jody Conradt Collection documents the career, milestones, and major events in the life of Jody Conradt, the winningest coach...
Read MoreIn 1974, as one of the first major universities to move toward compliance with Title IX legislation, the University of...
Read MoreThe University of Texas Athletics Media Relations office serves as principal media liaison for all University of Texas intercollegiate athletics...
Read MoreSteve Wennerstrom is an expert on the history of women’s bodybuilding. He has served as the International Federation of Bodybuilders...
Read MoreHarvey Penick was an Austin institution, recognized by the golf world as a professional’s professional. Penick served as UT’s first...
Read MoreThe Allison and Snyder Collection documents the coaching careers of University of Texas men’s tennis coaches Wilmer Allison and David...
Read MoreMack Brown served as head coach of the University of Texas Longhorns Football Team from 1998 until 2013. During his...
Read MoreThe William S. and Susan S. Bushman Golf Collection is the result of Bill Bushman’s lifelong love for the game...
Read MoreThe Pamela (Pam) Ellen Ferguson Collection contains materials created and collected by the aforementioned Asian Bodywork Therapy (ABT) practitioner, instructor,...
Read MoreThis collection documents John Hordines’ career as a physical educator, wrestling coach, and sportswriter. The collection includes materials from Hordines’...
Read MoreEdmund Hoffman was a Dallas businessman and philanthropist who loved the game of golf. So much so that he accumulated...
Read MoreBoff, a longtime physical culturist and founder of the Association of Oldetime Barbell and Strongmen, was friends with many people...
Read MoreA Wichita Falls, Texas native, William B. Ward was an avid sports fan and collector of sports memorabilia. Reflected in...
Read MoreAlbert Davis was a theater and sports enthusiast and an avid collector of theater and sports-related memorabilia. At the time...
Read MoreRetired University of Missouri journalism professor and Bernarr Macfadden scholar, Taft collected an amazing array of research materials on Bernarr...
Read MoreDr. Gehman worked as an editor for Bernarr Macfadden in the 1920s, wrote one of the earliest books warning of...
Read MoreChristopher Gian-Cursio was a naturopathic doctor, nutritionist, author, editor, and researcher. The collection reflects Gian-Cursio’s professional career as a practicing...
Read MoreWilloughby was a weightlifting historian, artist, and anthropometrist. He authored a number of books, including The Super Athletes; helped form the...
Read MoreDr. Charles Yesalis has studied the role of anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS) and other performance enhancing drugs (PED) in sports and...
Read MoreAbbye “Pudgy” Stockton played a central role in popularizing physical culture and exercise for women in the mid-Twentieth Century. She...
Read MoreRobert Collins Hoffman, who was 6′ 3″ by the age of thirteen, developed an early interest in athletics. He initially...
Read MoreJowett was a strongman, promoter, author, and magazine editor whose career spanned the period 1910-1960. With David Willoughby and Ottley...
Read MoreKnown as the “First Lady of Bodybuilding,” Doris Barrilleaux founded the Superior Physique Association (SPA), and had leadership positions with...
Read MoreDr. Gary Wadler was an American internist with special expertise in the field of drug use in sports. Dr. Wadler served as a...
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