Why is the LR Touchdown Club giving a James Street award to LR Kids?

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Street and teammate Bob McKay later paid their own way to speak to the Little Rock Touchdown Club and started knocking away barriers, unsharpening horns into plowshares. The two former “enemies” were heartily welcomed by Razorback fans. Street was so moved by the respect he was shown by Arkansans that he again paid his own way to come to Arkansas for the premier of the movie about the “Big Shootout” in Little Rock. “He came back and told us what a wonderful trip he had and how nice the Arkansas people were,” said Bob McKay, an All-American lineman for Texas, teammate and close friend. It turned out to be Street’s final major public appearance. He died 25 days later. Members of that 1969 Longhorn team were so moved by Street’s description of his Arkansas experiences that they pooled funds and wrote a check to the Little Rock Touchdown Club to use for something appropriate.

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