Dallas Huston
Out of the Box
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Gordon Wood comes to Brownwood
In 1959 Gordon Wood and Morris Southall were in Victoria, Texas coaching high school football. They desperately, after two years, wanted to get back to West Texas and there was a job opening that really, really appealed
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Football season is here
Well, the 2022 football season is upon us. This weekend all the high school teams in this Central Texas area will be in action. Focusing on the Brownwood Lions – I like them – so far. In
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Vin Scully
If they ever build a Mount Rushmore for sportscasters a man named Vin Scully will be at the very top. Scully passed away the other day at the age of 94 and the overwhelming majority of those
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: George Hine
One of the great characters I’ve ever run into in my life and certainly the biggest character I’ve ever worked with is a man named George Hine. I worked with him from the mid 60’s to the
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: State champions picture night
The other night at Gordon Wood stadium a reunion took place. I had received a call several weeks ago inviting me to attend. They said they were going to bring in representatives of all the State Championship
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: 400 wins
There used to be in Brownwood, a wonderful sign painter named Joe Allen Adams. He was a great football fan and an even bigger Gordon Wood fan. He started early on painting Brownwood Lion footballs that symbolized
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Military career
My military career was not real lengthy. Shortly after graduating high school in the Spring of 1960, a friend of mine and I enlisted in the Air Force. Not long after that we were told to go
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Walk of Champions
I’m riding around several years ago and just happened to drive by the football stadium in the dead of summer and saw some activity. So, I pulled around by the dressing rooms to see what was going
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Heroes
I do a radio program on KOXE every Sunday morning called “Christians in the World of Sports”. An interesting story came to my attention a couple of weeks ago. It was a story about what I would
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Missing pitching history
Most days, if I have nothing on the schedule, I’ll eat lunch with my wife and then I’ll either go to my office to work or I’ll go to the living room and sit and sometimes doze
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: November 1983
Maybe the strangest football game I have ever been associated with occurred in November of 1983. It was the Brownwood Lions against the Vernon Lions for the bi-district championship at Shotwell Stadium in Abilene. It was a
‘Out of the Box’ with Dallas Huston: Fred Nobs
One of the more interesting characters I’ve ever been around was a man named Fred Nobs. Fred was a photographer; a good one. By the time I met him in the 60’s, he was a world traveler