Sul Ross Hall of Honor

Football Lone Star Conference Champions 1965

  • Sport Football
  • Induction Year 2020

Biography

  • Coached by David Slaughter, the Lobos finished the regular season campaign with a perfect 10-0 mark before falling in the first round of the NAIA Tournament to Linfield (Oregon) by a score of 30-27
  • The loss to the Wildcats snapped a 16-game Sul Ross winning streak.
  • Playing professionally was Ray Alvarez, Alfredo Avila, Jacob Henry, Tommy Nelson and Luz Pedraza
  • TEAM MEMBERS: Dwight Hooker, Cecil Houston, Earl Miller (1990 HoH Inductee), Earl Bowman (2013 HoH Inductee), Kenneth Smart, Jesse Patterson, Jerry Johnson, Sam Sparks (2011 HoH Inductee), Fred Linton, Alfredo Avila (1991 HoH Inductee), Jim Stapleton, Cotton Barnes, Mike King, Luz Pedraza (1990 HoH Inductee), Chuck Converse, James Miller (2005 HoH Inductee), Jerry Nixon (1997 HoH Inductee), Joe Valenzuela, Lee Lindsay, Mike Quimby, Bill Nitcholas, Mike Stephens, Ray Alvarez, Danny Foust, Bill O'Neil, Tommy Nelson (2017 HoH Inductee), Elliot Wright, B.R. "Poppy" Rodriguez (2016 HoH Inductee), Jacob Henry, Don Malone, Billy Whitman, Jesse Garcia, Tommy Polson, Kirk Looney, James Collins, Elijio Leyva, Arthur Davis, Dwight Toney