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Jack Alderson (1999)
- Hometown: Lubbock
- Basketball - 1950-52
- Second-team All-Border Conference in 1951
- Conference's third-leading scorer as junior with 13.9-point average
- Team Captain
- Vice President of Tech Student Body
- Past President of Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and Board of City Development
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Dr. R.G. "Wick" Alexander (2000)
- Hometown: Amarillo
- Two-sport recruit (football & baseball) whose athletic career was shortened by injury
- Suffered career-ending football injury in 1956
- Baseball letterman in 1955 and 1957 as left-handed pitcher
- Key donor to Marsha Sharp Academic Center for Student Athletes
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Rodney Allison (2003)
- Hometown: Odessa
- Football 1975-77
- Quarterback of the 1976 Red Raiders and led them to a 10-1 season
- Team was ranked as high as No. 4 in nation
- All-Southwest Conference as junior
- 1976 Bluebonnet Bowl Most Valuable Offensive Player
- Strong Heisman Trophy candidate in 1977 before injury shortened season
- Played in the 1978 Hula Bowl and Japan Senior All-Star Game
- Played professionally one season for Toronto in the Canadian Football League
- Assistant coach at Texas Tech from 1981-83
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Donny Anderson (1978)
- Hometown: Stinnett
- Football 1963-65
- Two-time consensus first-team All-America running back
- Three-time All-Southwest Conference
- Holds school career kickoff return yardage record
- Held school career all-purpose yardage record for 38 years
- Also served as punter and played some at defensive back
- Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Award winner in 1965
- Helped team to 1964 Sun Bowl and 1965 Gator Bowl
- Played in the Chicago All-Star Game and the Hula Bowl
- The Sporting News National Co-Player of the Year in 1965
- Drafted in first round by Green Bay Packers as a junior
- First round draft choice of Green Bay Packers in 1966 and signed most lucrative contract ever offered to an NFL rookie
- Helped lead Packers to victory in first two Super Bowls
- Nicknamed the "Golden Palomino"
- Two-time Green Bay Packer MVP during six seasons
- Played 10 seasons in the NFL
- Member of Texas Sports Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame
- An award in his name is presented every year to the football player who displays the best sportsmanship
- Jersey #44 is retired
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Junior Arterburn (1979)
- Hometown: Ranger
- Football 1950-51
- All-America Honorable Mention quarterback in 1951
- Border Conference Outstanding Back runner-up in 1951
- Helped Red Raiders to Border Conference championship in 1951
- Helped Texas Tech to its first bowl win in the 1951 Sun Bowl
- Quarterback of the '51 team leading them to a 33-19 victory over eventual Southwest Conference champion TCU
- Former Director of Undergraduate Admissions at Texas Tech
- Played for the Chicago Cardinals in 1954
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Joyce Arterburn (2003)
- Hometown: Lubbock
- Creator of High Riders (women's spirit organization) - 1976
- Served as Texas Tech professor for 37 years
- Woman of the Year at Texas Tech in 1981
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Gary Ashby (1999)
- Hometown: Lubbock
- Baseball, Player and Coach - 1974-77, 1982-86
- All-American - 1977
- Twice selected as All-Southwest Conference first baseman
- All-Region in 1976
- First Red Raider to reach double figures in home runs for a season with 11 in 1977
- Set school records for doubles, home runs, and RBIs in SWC play in 1977
- Helped team to school-record 32 victories
- Played five years professionally with San Diego organization, reaching Triple A
- Assistant coach in 1982-83 before becoming Texas Tech's first full-time baseball coach in 1984-86
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Doug Ault (1990)
- Hometown: Beaumont
- Baseball - 1971-72
- First-team All-America first baseman in 1972
- All-Region and All-Southwest Conference in 1972
- Batted .475 and had 50 RBIs in 42 games
- Led nation in hitting with .468 average in 1972
- Southwest Conference Player of the Year in 1972
- Still holds school career batting average record at .418
- Played professionally for nine years, including 1976 for Texas, 1977-78, 1980 for Toronto and 1981 in Japan
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General Ross Ayers (1966)
- Hometown: Arkadelphia
- Football - 1930-32
- Captain of the 1932 team that compiled the school's first 10-win season (10-2)
- Former commander of the Texas National Guard
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Ty Bain (1990)
- Hometown: Waco
- Football - 1939-41
- All-Border Conference quarterback in 1941
- Two-time team captain
- Helped team to 18-3-1 record last two years
- Named the MVP of the 1942 Sun Bowl
- Former president of Texas High School Coaches Association
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Amanda Banks (2004)
- Hometown: El Paso
- Track - 1986-89
- NCAA runner-up in outdoor triple jump in 1989
- All-America indoors and outdoors in 1989
- Southwest Conference outdoor champion in 1988 and 1989
- Still holds school record of almost 43 feet
- Jumped professionally for 10 years, rising to No. 4 in the U.S. three times
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Joe Barnes (1986)
- Hometown: Big Lake
- Football - 1971-73
- Quarterback of the Red Raiders in 1973 and led them to a 11-1 season and No. 11 national ranking
- 19 victories over two-year period is most ever by a Tech quarterback
- Helped team to the 1972 Sun Bowl and 1973 Gator Bowl
- All-Southwest Conference as a senior
- Played professionally for Chicago in 1974
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Gene Barnett (1987)
- Hometown: Melvin
- Football - 1937-38
- Played tailback in the T formation, but considered one of the greats during the early days of the forward pass
- Passed for 175 yards and two touchdowns in the 1939 Cotton Bowl
- Led the nation with 7.81 yards per rush in 1938
- Led the nation in fewest passing interceptions per game with 0.33
- Honorable Mention All-America
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Vernon "Buddy" Barron (1976)
- Hometown: Temple
- Football - 1950-52
- Two-year starter at guard though only 5'-10"
- Helped Red Raiders to a Border Conference championship in 1951
- Helped Texas Tech to its first bowl win in the 1951 Sun Bowl
- Team captain
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Allen (Chuff) Benton (1975)
- Red Raider Club President - 1958-60
- Head of fund-raising efforts during key time of entrance into the Southwest Conference
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Becky Boxwell (McIlraith) (2005)
- Volleyball - 1984-87
- Three-year starter on the volleyball team
- 1985 - 2nd on the team in digs and kills (2nd team All-SWC)
- 1986 - led the team in digs and tied for lead in kills (2nd team All-SWC)
- 1987 - led the team in kills, setting a single season school record that lasted for 9 years/2nd on the team in digs (1st team All-SWC, AVCA All-South Region team - first Red Raider volleyball player to be all-region), led team to 2nd place finish in SWC
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J.O. (Buddy) Brothers (1971)
- Hometown: Lubbock
- Football - 1927-30
- One of the greatest players during the early days of Tech football
- Played four years at half-back
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Marshall Brown (1970)
- Hometown: Whitehouse
- Basketball - 1939-40
- All-Border Conference in 1939
- Led team in scoring on school's first 20-game winner in 1940 (21-7)
- Led Border Conference in scoring in 1939
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Sharon Moultrie-Bruner (1998)
- Hometown: Pampa
- Track - 1979-82
- Track All-American - 1981-82
- First Texas Tech female to earn All-America honors
- Two-time All-American (1981-82) in long jump
- Seven-time NCAA qualifier
- First athlete and first African-American to be elected Homecoming Queen (1981)
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Maury Buford (2001)
- Hometown: Mount Pleasant
- Football - 1978-81
- Led nation in punting in 1978
- First freshman to lead NCAA in punting in 35 years with 44.1 average
- Named to SWC All-Decade second-team
- Led SWC in punting with 44.8-yard average in 1981
- Still has school record for career punting average (43.2)
- All-Southwest Conference in 1978 and 1981
- Academic All-America in 1979
- Played in Blue-Gray All-Star Game
- Played nine years in the NFL, including for the Super Bowl with Chicago in 1985
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Rick Bullock (1985)
- Hometown: San Antonio
- Basketball - 1973-76
- Four-time All-Southwest Conference
- Helped team to Southwest Conference championships in 1973 and 1976
- Most Valuable Player of inaugural Southwest Conference Post-Season Tournament in 1976
- Fourth in career scoring and second in career rebounding in Southwest Conference
- Starter in 1976 Coaches All-Star Game and Pizza Hut All-Star Classic
- Held school career scoring record of 2,118 points and career fields record of 842 for 26 years
- Played four years professionally in CBA and overseas
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Ecomet Burley (2004)
- Hometown: Lufkin
- Football - 1972-75
- Three-time All-Southwest Conference (1973-75) defensive lineman
- All-America second-team in 1974
- Southwest Conference Sophomore of the Year in 1973 when team was 11-1
- Most Valuable Lineman in the 1972 Sun Bowl
- One of the first Red Raider freshman to letter in football in modern era
- Played in the Japan Bowl in 1976
- Played six seasons in the Canadian Football League
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John Paul Cain (1998)
- Hometown: Sweetwater
- Golf 1955-56, 1958-59
- Helped the team win last two Border Conference championships in 1955 and 1956
- Team finished eighth in NCAA Championships in 1959
- Member of First SWC Championship Team - 1959
- Played a key role in the school's first Southwest Conference championship in any sport
- Helped team win the 1959 SWC title
- Helped team to fifth-place finish in NCAA Championships in 1959
- 1959 Texas Amateur champion
- Member of Texas Golf Hall of Fame
- Turned pro at 52 and won two events on the Senior PGA tour
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D.C. (Preacher) Calloway (1985)
- Hometown: Itasca
- Football - 1925-26
- One of the first Red Raider leaders on the field
- Interior lineman on Tech's first two teams
- Former Texas Tech Board of Regent
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Hurley Carpenter (1962)
- Hometown: Sudan
- Football and Track - 1925-29
- Scored the first touchdown on the Texas Tech campus
- He ran a fumble return for a TD in a 7-6 victory over St. Edwards on Oct. 8, 1926
- Started every game as a lineman during his four-year career except the last, when he was injured
- Team Captain and Vice President of student body in 1926
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Bobby Cavazos (1968)
- Hometown: Kingsville
- Football - 1951-53
- Second-team All-America as halfback in 1953
- Most Outstanding Back in leading team to historic 35-13 victory over Auburn in 1954 Gator Bowl
- Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce Amateur Athlete of the Year
- Key player on Texas Tech's first 11-win team (11-1)
- Helped team lead nation in scoring with 428 points in regular season
- Set school career rushing record with 2,278 yards and school season scoring record with 80 points
- Three-time All-Border Conference
- Played in Senior Bowl and Chicago All-Star Game
- Signed with Chicago Cardinals but never played due to exhibition game injury
- Second-team All-America by AP as halfback in 1953
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Richard Cavazos (1982)
- Hometown: Kingsville
- Football - 1949-50
- Helped lead team to Raisin Bowl in 1949 as defensive end
- Former commander of Fort Hood as three-star general
- Twice awarded Distinguished Service Cross and Silver Star
- Unable to play in 1950 due to injury
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Pete Cawthon (1961)
- Athletic Director / Head Football Coach - 1930-40
- Charter member of the Texas Tech Hall of Honor
- Colorful coach who posted a 76-32-6 record
- Winning percentage of .693 is still school's highest
- Changed team nickname to Red Raiders from Matadors
- First coach to fly team to a game (Fort Worth to Detroit) in 1937
- Only Texas Tech coach to have an undefeated regular season (1938)
- Coached team to first Cotton Bowl appearance in 1939
- Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1960
- Most Valuable Player Award given in his name starting in 1962
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John Conley (1995)
- Hometown: Mexia
- Offensive Line Coach from 1961-74
- Assistant Athletic Director from 1975-80
- Athletic Director from 1980-85
- Created Purina Award for best performance vs. SMU
- Engineered the Southwest Conference's first indoor practice facility (Athletic Training Center)
- Played key role in numerous facility renovations
- Helped Red Raiders to six bowl appearances
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Jack Dale (1990)
- "Voice" of the Red Raiders - 1953-2003
- Nationally-known radio play-by-play announcer
- Began calling basketball games for KFYO-Radio in January, 1953
- Began calling football games on the Humble Network in September, 1953
- His voice spanned eight football coaches and six basketball coaches
- Awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Tech Ex-Student's Association in 1983
- Awarded Honorary Dotorate of Human Letters Degree from the School of Mass Communications in 1999
- Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2005
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Dr. J. William Davis (1974)
- Chairman of the Athletic Council - 1948-69
- Played key role in Texas Tech admission to Southwest Conference at 10:32 a.m., May 22, 1956
- Authored Letter of Intent in 1957, which with only minor changes the NCAA still uses today
- The Athletic Dining Hall bore his name starting in 1980
- Took over head of Athletic Council in 1948
- Led search in the hiring of DeWitt Weaver
- Past President of the Border Conference
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G.C. (Mule) Dowell (1963)
- Hometown: Royse City
- Football - 1932-34
- Helped the team to three Border Conference championships as a fullback
- Led the Border Conference in scoring in 1934
- Helped team lead the nation in scoring in 1932 with 382 points
- First Red Raider invited to Chicago All-Star Game, but declined so he could enter the NFL early
- Two-year starter for the Chicago Cardinals
- Served as assistant football coach and business manager from 1939-41
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Spike Dykes (2001)
- Hometown: Ballinger
- All-time Winningest Tech Football Coach - 1986-99 (82-67-1)
- Defensive coordinator 1984-86
- Head coach from 1987-99 and the 1986 Independence Bowl
- First recipient of Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year honors in 1996
- Three-time Southwest Conference Coach the Year
- Guided team to Southwest Conference co-championship and first Cotton Bowl appearance in 56 years
- The first Texas Tech coach to lead the Red Raiders to four consecutive bowl games
- The only Texas Tech coach to direct six straight first-team All-Americans
- The first coach in the nation to produce two Doak Walker Award winners
- Defeated rivals Texas and Texas A&M 12 times
- Red Raiders finished in upper division of conference standings every season
- Inducted into the THSCA Hall of Honor in 1991
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