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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.
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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.
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