Coming out of high school in 1964, he was HS All-American in football, all-state in basketball and baseball, and was offered $100K by the Indians. His last pro football team was the Detroit Wheels of the World Football League. Just before he died he told me that he wished that he had played pro...
Mickey McCarty was the "Greatest Athlete" in TCU history. No one close. If you never had the opportunity to see him perform, you missed seeing a "one of a kind"!
Hughes' still playing reminds me of a conversation I had with a long-time NBA player. I asked him how long he would continue, and he replied "As long as they pay me a $million to sit on the bench".
My cousin (a retired ODU professor and former basketball player at Kansas and LSU) thinks he was dismissed for not going to class or causing bad team chemistry. Wishes us good luck with him.