Pro Football HOF Texans

[3afan]

here is a list of pro football HOF members who went to high school in Texas:

Sammy Baugh - Temple (TX), Sweetwater (TX)
Raymond Berry - Paris (TX)
Earl Campbell - John Tyler (Tyler, TX)
Eric Dickerson - Sealy (TX)
Darrell Green - Jessie H. Jones (Houston, TX)
Joe Greene - Dunbar (Temple, TX)
Forrest Gregg - Sulphur Springs (TX)
Ken Houston - Dunbar (Texarkana, TX)
Tom Landry - Mission (TX)
Dick (Night Train) Lane - L. C. Anderson (Austin, TX)
Yale Lary - North Side (Fort Worth, TX)
Bobby Layne - Highland Park (Dallas, TX)
Don Maynard - Colorado (Colorado City, TX)
Mike Singletary - Evan E. Worthing (Houston, TX)
Charley Taylor - Dalworth (Grand Prairie, TX)
Emmitt Thomas - Marshall (Angleton, TX)
Thurman Thomas - Willowridge (Sugar Land, TX)
Y.A. Tittle - Marshall (TX)
Clyde (Bulldog) Turner - Newman (Sweetwater, TX)
Gene Upshaw - Robstown (TX)
Doak Walker - Highland Park (TX)

[NateDawg39]

Didnt know Mean Joe was from Texas. Pretty good guy that Joe...

[crzyjournalist03]

Originally posted by NateDawg39
Didnt know Mean Joe was from Texas. Pretty good guy that Joe...

Went to the University of North Texas, which is why UNT is often referred to as the "Mean Green" now despite having an eagle as their official mascot.

[NateDawg39]

Originally posted by crzyjournalist03
Went to the University of North Texas, which is why UNT is often referred to as the "Mean Green" now despite having an eagle as their official mascot.
You know now I remember seeing his picture on the stadium and my dad telling me about him playing there.

[Dogman_1969]

I thought I had heard that he actually was raised in Heidenheimer, TX, which is south of Temple. I may be wrong but I think his grandmother lived there and up until they passed away that was the case.