James Street, former Longhorns national championship quarterback, dies

[El Supremo]

On Jan. 1, 1970, former President Lyndon B. Johnson congratulating University of Texas quarterback James Street and coach Darrell Royal, center, in the dressing room after the Longhorns defeated Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Texas quarterback James Street, who took over the Longhorns’ wishbone offense and led them to the 1969 national championship, died Monday. He was 65.

Street died early Monday but that no other details were immediately available, said Serena Fitchard of the James Street Group financial services company that bears his name.

Street started the 1968 season as a backup but was made the starter after two games. He led Texas to 20 consecutive victories, including the “Game of the Century” — a come-from-behind, 15-14 victory by the top-ranked Longhorns over No. 2 Arkansas to cap the regular season. The game was attended by President Nixon, who declared Texas the national champions after the Longhorns’ victory even though there was a bowl game to be played.

Street was also a baseball standout, posting a 29-8 record pitching for Texas that included a perfect game (1970 vs. Texas Tech) and no-hitter (1969 vs. SMU). He was on three Texas teams that advanced to the College World Series, and his son, San Diego Padres relief pitcher Huston Street, helped Texas win the CWS in 2002....

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/college-sports/headlines/20130930-james-street-former-longhorns-national-championship-quarterback-dies.ece?ssimg=1221164#ssStory1221133

Oh no!! I went to UT that year.

[madinmaryland]

1. Majoring in basket weaving does not count.

[joeybee12]

2. A good-looking kid back then...and look at those men who all look so old!

Definetly a 60s-early 70's appearance...RIP

[El Supremo]

3. First Darrell Royal then James Street.

This was a bad year for UT.

But 1969-1970 was a really bad year. Look up that asshole Frank C. Erwin some time.

[El Supremo]

4. The Game of the Century:

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5. Man! Girls were sure better looking back then!

I was 18 and my hormones were going berserk.

[NoGOPZone]

9. That's the trouble with college football today

they don't allow cheerleaders to do cartwheels and backflips right on the field immediately after big plays anymore. (2:45 of the video)

[El Supremo]

6. This is what I witnessed:

[DinahMoeHum]

7. His son, Huston Street, is a pitcher for the San Diego Padres. . .

. . .and used to be with the Colorado Rockies. . .

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_18308806


(snip)
when James was about 12. Grover (his father) returned to his native Oklahoma, and he and James' mother, Helen, were divorced. To support the family, Helen started working, both at a department store and on the telephone for a home products firm. She also frequently baby-sat at night. In junior high, James worked in the school cafeteria to get free meals for him and his twin sister. When James was starting to star as a high school athlete, he was scruffy enough that a local cafe owner tried to give him money to buy clothes. James turned him down.

"I never thought I didn't have clothes," James said. So the cafe owner said he could work from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays to earn the money. James took that deal.

Huston said of his father's youth: "I think he probably looked at a lot of those things as beneficial. He never made excuses. He was going to find a way to persevere. . . . He said everybody's dealt a different hand."
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It seems James Street was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Unlike a certain "Johnny Football"

[El Supremo]

8. What may be lost in the James Street mourning is Freddie Steinmark.

who lost his leg then his life to cancer