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Gib Dawson, all SWC back 51 and 52 

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 1952 UT vs Arkansas game, starting at around 1:45. It's basically the Gib Dawson show. He ran all over Arkansas that day. 3 TDs in the first half alone. As Kern Tips, the Humble Oil narrator states, Gib Dawson was wearing #44 that day instead of his usual #47.

 

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Here's a super rare colorized photo I found. Gib Dawson leads the team onto the field for the 1953 Cotton Bowl vs. Tennessee. In the first televised Cotton Bowl, he scored a second quarter touchdown on a 9 yard run in a 16-0 shutout.
In 1951 he became the only Texas player ever to lead the Longhorns in five different offensive categories in the same season. He was twice all-conference and a 1984 inductee in the Longhorn Hall of Honor.

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Those uniforms.... man we looked like Syracuse in those days.... 

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1 hour ago, msucolt45 said:

Did Mical Padgett wear 45 his Fr or Soph years? I played ball with him growing up. He was a great athlete from our local area. We’re talking late 80s-early 90s, David McWilliams era.

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Here's what I found on Mical Padgett

  • Wore #52 in 1987
  • #52 in 1988
  • #52 in 1989
  • #52 in 1990
  • #52 in 1991

Bo Robinson wore #45 during several of those years.

Quote:  "Former Texas defensive end Bo Robinson, right, played for Texas from 1989-1992 and was an all-Southwest Conference player."

https://247sports.com/college/texas/Article/Where-are-they-now-Texas-Longhorns-football-defensive-end-Yoakum-High-School-HC-Bo-Robinson-47867333/

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