Gil LeBreton
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Sptspage: The tale of Tech, TCU and their 'Uncle' Amon
By JOHN HENRY
Sptspage.com
Though few look at it this way, the annual football game between Texas Tech and TCU, which this year occurs on Thursday night in Fort Worth, is actually a meeting of cousins through a shared uncle, "Uncle" Amon G. Carter.
The game is a natural rivalry between schools who share Texas’ western frontier. Fort Worth is where the west begins, and Lubbock is its hub.
Carter’s status as a benefactor at TCU is embodied in the football stadium named for him. He was the driving force in getting the original arena built in the 1930. Today, his grandson, Mark Johnson, is chairman of TCU’s board of trustees.
Less known about Carter is his role in the establishment of Texas Tech, the school the Texas Legislature in 1923 voted to place somewhere north of the 29th parallel and west of the 98th meridian.
Read more at: https://sptspage.com/tech-returns-to-uncle-amons-place-to-face-cousin-tcu/
By JOHN HENRY
Sptspage.com
Though few look at it this way, the annual football game between Texas Tech and TCU, which this year occurs on Thursday night in Fort Worth, is actually a meeting of cousins through a shared uncle, "Uncle" Amon G. Carter.
The game is a natural rivalry between schools who share Texas’ western frontier. Fort Worth is where the west begins, and Lubbock is its hub.
Carter’s status as a benefactor at TCU is embodied in the football stadium named for him. He was the driving force in getting the original arena built in the 1930. Today, his grandson, Mark Johnson, is chairman of TCU’s board of trustees.
Less known about Carter is his role in the establishment of Texas Tech, the school the Texas Legislature in 1923 voted to place somewhere north of the 29th parallel and west of the 98th meridian.
Read more at: https://sptspage.com/tech-returns-to-uncle-amons-place-to-face-cousin-tcu/
