Garland Sports Hall of Fame

1998 Inductees

Rick Clopton	Rick Clopton capped four seasons, 1973-1976, as the starting centerfielder for the Baylor University baseball team by being selected for the All-southwest Conference first team in 1976. He was the leading Baylor hitter all four years, batting .320, 1... (more)
Gene Mayes	Gene Mayes was acclaimed the outstanding lineman on the 1963 and 1964 Garland High School Class 4A state football champions, and subsequently earned three letter awards at Texas Christian University. In 1963, the Owls in their first season under Coac... (more)
Bobby Norvell	Bobby Norvell was an outstanding runner for the 1957 bi-district champion Garland Owl football team and the 1958 Owl team, the first Garland team to play in the highest U.I.L. classification. Subsequently, Norvell attended Baylor University and, as a... (more)
James (Puchie) Rose	James A "Puchie" Rose contributed greatly to the Garland community and its youth through the organizing, managing, and sponsoring of area baseball programs. Growing up on a farm at Audelia and Church Roads, Puchie as he was fondly referred to, early ... (more)
James Rust	James Rust was widely recognized as the "lonesome end" in an offensive formation effectively used by the 1960 Garland High School football team, which won the District 7-4A championship -- the first district title for the Owls in Class 4A (now Class ... (more)