1. Emory Dilworth Bellard was an American college and high school football coach and the inventor of the Wishbone formation.
17 Facts About Emory Bellard
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Emory Bellard is a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and the Texas High School Sports Hall Of Fame.
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Emory Bellard won two National Championships at Texas as the offensive coordinator.
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Emory Bellard's father was a geologist and driller who arrived in Central Texas in the late 1920s to take part in the emerging oil boom.
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Emory Bellard's mother managed a fishing bungalow, where he helped clean fish and made beds.
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Emory Bellard went on to attend the University of Texas at Austin, where he played running back during his freshman year under coach Dana X Bible.
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Emory Bellard broke his leg during his sophomore season and transferred to Southwest Texas State University from which he graduated in 1949.
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Emory Bellard started coaching in 1949 and became the head coach at Ingleside High School, a Class B school in Ingleside, Texas in 1952.
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Emory Bellard guided the school to two consecutive regional wins in 1953 and 1954, and a street near Ingleside High School is named after him.
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Emory Bellard was then hired to succeed Joe Kerbel at Breckenridge High School, then a state powerhouse in the second-highest UIL classification.
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Emory Bellard continued that winning tradition with state titles in 1958 and 1959.
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In 1960, Emory Bellard was selected over Gordon Wood to replace Bob Harrell as head coach at Central High School in San Angelo, Texas.
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Emory Bellard then left the high school ranks for the University of Texas at Austin.
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In 1967, Emory Bellard was hired as the linebackers coach at the University of Texas at Austin and was moved to offensive coordinator in 1968.
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Emory Bellard helped Texas to win 4 straight Southwest Conference Championships, 2 National Championships and 2 Cotton Bowls.
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In 1975 Emory Bellard hired Tom Wilson away from Jim Carlen's Texas Tech coaching staff to serve as the Aggies' offensive coordinator.
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Emory Bellard is helped to implement women's athletic programs at the university.