A Texan is a person associated with Texas, United States.
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Texan may also refer to:
A Texan is a person associated with Texas, United States.
Texan may also refer to:
The American Football League (AFL) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1970, when it merged with the older National Football League (NFL), and became the American Football Conference. The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence. It was more successful than earlier rivals to the NFL with the same name, the 1926, 1936 and 1940 leagues, and the later All-America Football Conference.
The Colosseum is an elliptical amphitheater in Rome, Italy.
The Lone Star Conference (LSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the southwestern United States, with schools in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas, with two members in the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington competing as affiliates for football only.
Lone Star, Lone Starr, Lone Stars or Lonestar may also refer to:
Dallas Texans may refer to:
Lamar Hunt was an American businessman most notable for his promotion of American football, soccer, and tennis in the United States.
An outlaw is a person living outside the law.
There are 13 U.S. cities,, with sports teams competing in the four major leagues: Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, National Football League, and National Hockey League.
The 1960 National Football League Draft in which NFL teams take turns selecting amateur college American football players and other first-time eligible players, was held at the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia on November 30, 1959. Many players, including half of those drafted in the first round, signed with teams in the newly created American Football League, including the first overall pick and Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon. At the time of the draft, the Cardinals were still the Chicago Cardinals; they moved to St. Louis in March 1960. The Dallas Cowboys were enfranchised in January 1960 after the draft.
The American Hockey Association (AHA) was a minor professional hockey league that operated between 1926 and 1942. It had previously operated as the Central Hockey League (1925–1926), and before that as part of the United States Amateur Hockey Association. The AHA was the first professional hockey league to field teams in the Southern United States. The founding president was Alvin Warren, who also owned the St. Paul Saints.
Texas is home of several national sports league franchises among other professional sports, being the second most populated U.S. state. Since the state is located in the South Central United States, most teams are part of the Central / South or West league divisions, with the notable exception of the NFL Dallas Cowboys, which is an NFC East franchise.
The 1960 Dallas Cowboys season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the National Football League (NFL).
Jacoby Lamar Shepherd is a former professional gridiron football cornerback. He was drafted in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He played college football for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
The Tarleton State Texans football program, also known as the Tarleton Texans, is the intercollegiate American football team for Tarleton State University located in the U.S. state of Texas. Through the 2019 season, the team competed in NCAA Division II as members of the Lone Star Conference, but moved to the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) beginning in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In fall 2021, Tarleton's full-time home of the Western Athletic Conference revived its football league at the FCS level, with Tarleton as one of the inaugural members.
The city of Dallas and the Dallas metropolitan division is home to teams in six major sports: the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, FC Dallas, and Dallas Wings.
The Arlington Renegades is a professional American football team based in Arlington, Texas. The Renegades compete in the XFL football league. The team was founded as the Dallas Renegades by Vince McMahon's Alpha Entertainment and are owned-and-operated by Dwayne Johnson's Alpha Acquico. The Renegades play their home games at Choctaw Stadium. The Renegades had a franchise regular season record of 6-9 (.400), the fifth highest win percentage among all current XFL teams.
The Houston Roughnecks are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Roughnecks compete in the XFL football league. The team was founded by Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment and are an owned-and-operated by Dwayne Johnson’s Alpha Acquico. The Roughnecks play their home games at TDECU Stadium. The Roughnecks have a franchise regular season record of 12-3 (.800), the highest win percentage among all current XFL teams.