Hall of Fame
Position: Center
Years: 1933-1935
Place of Birth: Jacksboro, TX
Date of Birth: Apr 29, 1914
Place of Death: Temple, TX
Date of Death: Jul 30, 1993
Jersey Number: 22
Height: 6-3
Weight: 218
High School: Jacksboro, TX (Jacksboro HS)
Consider the record of the man who, in 1934 and 1935, became the Southwest's first two-time All America player. Darrell won nine letters in three sports as center of the football team, center in basketball and pitcher in baseball. He captained the 1935 Texas Christian football team which had a 12-1 record and beat Louisiana State in the Sugar Bowl. He played two years with the Green Bay Packers, retiring with a shoulder injury. Then he was in the Air Corps, rising to the rank of captain. After the war he spent two years in Fort Worth, working for the Chamber of Commerce to promote the city and Texas Christian University. He moved to Houston, ran a food brokerage house and became a sales supervisor for General Mills. Darrell retired from business and moved to Temple, Texas, where, in his words, he "farmed a little, raised cattle a little." He was one of the founders of the Bluebonnet Bowl.
