Page 1: Hall of Honor Induction Letter, September 9, 1980, November 22, 1980

Item

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection is comprised of 21 pages of scrapbook material, six Sam Houston State Teachers College (SHSTC) event programs, two pages of sheet music, a 1986 Bearkat Football Magazine, a poster, a framed photograph, and a lithograph of Old Main.

The scrapbook contains newspaper article clippings, programs, photographs, and correspondences relating to the 1980 Ex-Lettermen Association Hall of Honor Induction Banquet.

Dates

Creation: September 9, 1980
Creation: November 22, 1980

Biographical / Historical

The four former lettermen of Sam Houston State Teachers College (SHSTC) selected by the Board of Directors to be inducted to the Bearkat Hall of Honor were Bobby Baldwin (football and track, 1953-1956), Kenneth Daw (football, 1955-1958), Carlo Gott (baseball (1961-1964), and Cotton Watkins (basketball and baseball, 1938-1942).

The men were inducted into the Hall of Honor at the Hall of Honor football game on November 22, 1980. The day consisted of a Board of Directors and Ex-lettermen meeting at the Lettermen Lounge at the Coliseum, a luncheon and Hall of Honor induction at the Lowman Student Center Ballroom, and the Hall of Honor Game at Pritchett Field.

Tickets to the Hall of Honor induction and luncheon were $12.50, and the Hall of Honor game was $3.50.

Extent

1 Sheets (In mylar inside a folder, in box 1.) : Black-and-white photocopy of a typed letter.

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Description

The typed letter, from September 9, 1980, informs fellow Bearkats of four alumni athletes from Sam Houston State Teachers College who have been selected by the Board of Directors to be inducted into the Bearkat Hall of Honor on November 22, 1980.