Author Description

Austin College in Sherman, TX was founded in 1849; the school is nearly as old as the state of Texas itself. The Austin College Kangaroos have been competing on athletic fields since the 1890s, and the stories of its student-athletes are the stories of Texas and American sports history. Roo Tales: The Stories of Austin College Athletics tells just some of those stories, many from a time when little AC would compete against larger and more well-known universities such as Texas & Texas A&M. In this book, you will find some amazing seasons of Austin College athletics. You will read baseball stories that include Babe Ruth & Ty Cobb. You will discover football stories that include the Dallas Cowboys and stretch back to the 19th century. You will celebrate national championships, a history of women in sport, and more. You will learn that little Austin College, a small Division 3 school in a small Texas town near the Red River, can boast of athletics tales that perhaps rival some of the largest universities in the state of Texas. Including those two big boys down in College Station & Austin.