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Any of yall remember Hugh McElroy from A&M?
Posted on 7/6/26 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 7/6/26 at 4:02 pm
His grandfather fought in the Spanish-American War and World War I. He was in the Rough Riders and helped capture Pancho Villa. In 1969, he came to A&M as a student, not on athletic scholarship. He was playing flag football, and folks told him to go out for the team. He did, and caught a 79 yard TD pass in Baton Rouge with 13 seconds left to secure a 20-18 win for A&M. It was the first TD by a black player at A&M.
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Posted on 7/6/26 at 4:35 pm to Hugh McElroy
Cool. Thx for the history lesson.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 4:37 pm to BigTx
Did his grandfather witness the last Aggie national championship
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:12 pm to Hugh McElroy
Hard to believe that some self loathing tranny’s downvoted this
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:16 pm to Hugh McElroy
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Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:19 pm to phaz
Very cool story. Poster says he worked at Ellington. That’s right where I grew up. Astronauts training in T-38s would fly right over my house.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 5:25 pm to HTX Horn
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After his military service ended in 1927, McElroy followed his brother, Thomas, to Houston, where he was a hospital orderly. During World War II he was head janitor at Ellington Field. He also participated in bond drives as a speaker and poster model, for which Henry Morganthau, Jr., United States secretary of the treasury, cited him on January 11, 1945. McElroy was reportedly the first African American whose picture appeared as an advertisement for United States War Bonds. After the war he worked at local recruiting stations until retiring permanently. HemisFair '68 in San Antonio honored him in the Texas Pavilion by displaying a life-size portrait of him, beneath which was a recounting of his military record. In December of 1968 he and his oldest son rescued two children from a burning house near his Houston home. The Texas Senate commended the McElroys for their bravery. McElroy married Philamena Woodley in 1918, and they had four sons and two daughters. He died on December 29, 1971. A detachment from Fort Sam Houston buried him in Paradise Cemetery, Houston, with full military honors.
Texas Historical society
Posted on 7/6/26 at 6:10 pm to Hugh McElroy
That was a tough game for LSU. A week before the game, the first of the 1970 season, starting quarterback Butch Duhe died from a brain hemorrhage. With Duhe, LSU would have had a chance to win every game it played, including a 3-0 loss at Notre Dame. The defense might have been McClendon's best, only giving up 52 yards rushing per game.
Posted on 7/6/26 at 11:54 pm to Hugh McElroy
I was at that LSU game. Celebrating with my girlfriend and friends as the clock wound down.
It was a complete fricking fluke. Tiger Stadium went dead silent.
The moral of the story...
Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.
It was a complete fricking fluke. Tiger Stadium went dead silent.
The moral of the story...
Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and then.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 8:26 am to el gato
quote:Was he AJ Duhe's brother?
Butch Duhe died from a brain hemorrhag
Posted on 7/7/26 at 8:31 am to Hugh McElroy
I remember when the poster, Hugh McElroy, got his arse beat by a teenager in a Tiger Stadium bathroom 
As if losing to LSU 50-7 wasn't embarrassing enough...
OP got his head dunked in a piss trough
As if losing to LSU 50-7 wasn't embarrassing enough...
OP got his head dunked in a piss trough
Posted on 7/7/26 at 9:30 am to NFLSU
Yall got some weird fantasies
Posted on 7/7/26 at 9:31 am to HTX Horn
I grew up by ellington too. Right off scarsdale.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:03 am to Hugh McElroy
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:07 am to Hugh McElroy
frick Hugh McElroy.
And by Hugh I mean Leeland.
And by Hugh I mean Leeland.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:29 am to Diamondawg
nm
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:37 am to Hugh McElroy
OP is just another desperate aggy seeking attention from strangers on a public internet forum.
Sad actually.
I hope you find some friends.
Sad actually.
I hope you find some friends.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:50 am to Monsusta
You come here because it's the only attention you get.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:06 pm to Hugh McElroy
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He was in the Rough Riders and helped capture Pancho Villa.
I didn't think Villa was ever captured??
Maybe so, history is ever changing.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 6:19 pm to Hugh McElroy
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Any of yall remember Hugh McElroy from A&M?
Posted on 7/6/26 at 4:02 pm
I certainly do. I think it was 1970 ..I was 23 and fresh from graduatinf in '69 from LSU. I was sitting in the endzone about halfway up as he headed our way...he certainly did break some LSU hearts that night.
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