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Sports and Recreation

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  • Anderson, Ralph Alexander, Sr.

  • Astrodome

  • Ballanfant, Edward Lee

  • Bluebonnet Bowl

  • Briggs, Collin

  • Busby, James Franklin

  • Cawthon, Peter Willis

  • Codwell, John Elihue, Sr.

  • Dean, Jay Hanna [Dizzy]

  • Demaret, Jimmie Newton

  • Dyer, Edwin Hawley

  • Epsom Downs

  • Fay, Albert Bel

  • Foreman, George Edward [Big George]

  • Glassell, Alfred Curry, Jr.

  • Grote, Gerald Wayne [Jerry]

  • Hain, Samuel Lewis Williams

  • Hightower, Verna Lee Booker [Boots]

  • Hofheinz, Roy Mark

  • Holland, William Sylvester [Babe]

  • Houston Aeros

  • Houston Astros

  • Houston Buffaloes

  • Houston Colt .45s

  • Houston Comets

  • Houston Eagles

  • Houston Oilers

  • Houston Rockets

  • Houston Texans

  • Houston Yacht Club

  • Johnson, George [Bud]

  • Kamrath, Karl Fred

  • Keane, John Joseph

  • Knoblauch, Edward Adolph

  • Lewis, Guy Vernon

  • Lusk, Charles Miles

  • Mahoney, Emily Marie [Red]

  • Mancuso, August Rodney [Gus]

  • Morgan, Joe Leonard

  • Nelson, George T.

  • Olsen, Carl Edwin [Pat]

  • Oshman's Sporting Goods

  • Phillips, Oail Andrew, Jr. [Bum]

  • Richards, Paul Rapier

  • Roller Derby in Texas

  • Runnels, James Edward [Pete]

  • Ryan, Frank Beall

  • Tips, Kern

  • Vincent, Albert Linder [Al]

  • Women's Basketball League

  • Yeoman, William Frank [Bill]

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