Wildcat Football History Blog
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Texas and College Football Hall of Famer – Ki Aldrich
Charles “Ki” Aldrich was the first Temple Wildcat inducted into the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame in 1983. He played for the Wildcats in the 1930s when he was named All-State honors as a center. As a senior Waco sportswriter, and fellow Hall of Fame inductee, Jinx Tucker named Aldrich to his All-State…
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Texas and Pro Football Hall of Famer Bobby Dillon
Temple has a rich football history. But it dates back well before winning the school’s first state title in 1979. Growing up in Temple you are well versed in the history of Bob McQueen and Kenneth Davis. But did you realize that there are quite a few more Texas High School Football Hall of Famers…
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Temple 2nd Team Better than Belton’s 1st Team
Today I spent a few hours in the Temple Public Library looking through microfilm of old newspapers looking for stories of Temple football. It took me back to my first college days of looking through old microfilm in the Temple Junior College library. Anyway, I was only there for a few hours mainly because I…
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Welcome to Blue Front White Back Magic
Welcome to my new site. This site is intended to be a place where I can share my research on the history of Temple Wildcat football. I am a graduate of Temple High, and have long wanted to research the history of the program. Now is the time. As I do my research over the…
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Temple Celebrates 800th Victory
Earlier this year, Temple High School became just the 4th program in Texas High School Football to reach 800 victories joining Highland Park, Amarillo, and Mart. Recently TISD produced a short video on what it means to be from Temple and a little bit about that Blue Front, White Back Magic. Included in the video…