Sonny Gibbs passed

[TopFrog]

A cockroach

 

[Frogs1983]

RIP Mr. Gibbs. Before even my time, but by all accounts a very fine football player.

 

[ShreveFrog]

R.I.P., Legend.

 

[Opintel]

Incredible player and entertaining person. One of my heroes as a young Horned Frog.

 

[cctcu]

He was like 6'7" or maybe taller. Great memory I think was the TD pass to Buddy Iles to beat Texas 6-0 in '61 I believe.

 

[Mean Purple]

R.I.P., Legend.

 

[froginaustin]

When I was a kid in the '60s, a couple of my parents' friends would still clinch jaws and get red-faced over the cockroach game. UTx fans of the time took it hard. A few of them anyway.

 

[MCFROG III]

He was like 6'7" or maybe taller. Great memory I think was the TD pass to Buddy Iles to beat Texas 6-0 in '61 I believe.

I believe he was 6'10". He was my hero when I was a 10 yr. old.

 

[MCFROG III]

I believe he was 6'10". He was my hero when I was a 10 yr. old.

You were right. He was 6'7"

 

[toadallytexan]

You were right. He was 6'7"

His center, Ken Henson was two inches taller.

 

[tcudoc]

His center, Ken Henson was two inches taller.

His work with the Muppets was amazing.

 

[Wog68]

There were many Sonny Gibbs stories going around when I was a student. One I can tell has him often heading to Worth Hills with his golf clubs while all other students were heading to class.

 

[Paint It Purple]

There were many Sonny Gibbs stories going around when I was a student. One I can tell has him often heading to Worth Hills with his golf clubs while all other students were heading to class.

Sonny had a NIL deal with Hogan Golf. Very up and up; all contractual.

 

[Paint It Purple]

Rest peacefully Mr. Gibbs.

 

[The TCU Football Jerk]

My dad used to take me to tcu practices once in a blue moon. I remember Sonny Gibbs being there watching one day and my dad knowing who he was and introducing me to him. I just remember him being very friendly and VERY tall.

 

[MadFrog]

One of my childhood hero’s. RIP Sonny.
Will never forget TCU 6 UT 0.

 

[Rabidfrog]

He was like 6'7" or maybe taller. Great memory I think was the TD pass to Buddy Iles to beat Texas 6-0 in '61 I believe.

yep

 

[Pure Purple]

Sonny, bless your family and may you rest in peace……

 

[Dutch]

A cockroach

An SI cover in that era was a huge thing. I had a copy until a house fire a few years back.

 

[JogginFrog]

Here are extended highlights of that game. Frogs twice stopped the Horns inside the 5 in the first quarter (once on downs, once on a blocked FG). They replaced Gibbs for a series late in the 1st quarter. The scoring drive came on the Frogs' next offensive series. Go to 15:33 to see the scoring play.

TCU Horned Frogs vs. Texas Longhorns (1961) - TCU Football Collection

Football game between TCU and the University of Texas in Austin during the 1961 season

texasarchive.org

What a crazy season that was. Frogs went 3-5-2 but beat #1 Texas and tied #3 Ohio State--both on the road--and also beat #8 Kansas.