Former UT swimmer and now GM of famed Camp Longhorn in Burnet, Texas, Bill Robertson shares stories about his swimming career, his mom and dad, and the creation of legendary CAMP LONGHORN, one of the many creations of his father, "Tex" Robertson, the first swim coach at The University of Texas, also known as "the father of Texas swimming".
A fascinating book about Tex, written by his grandson, is called simply "TEX: The Father of Texas Swimming", and details can be found at the end of this description.
Bill was a sophomore on Eddie Reese's first team at Texas, and during his 3 years under Reese, the team finished at NCAAs in a tie for 21st, 2nd, and was NCAA Champions the third year. Quite a climb, and Bill shares some fascinating stories about that and a myriad of other topics.
Sit back and have a listen!
Timeline:
00:00 – Disclaimer & banter
01:40 – Introducing Camp Longhorn’s Bill Robertson
03:18 – Swimming with Tex Robertson
05:03 – HOF: How it started
10:15 – HOF: How it’s going
11:28 – Missing Sam Kendricks
12:28 – Legendary Camp Longhorn
14:55 – Pat Hudson Robertson
16:53 – Coming back for more
18:08 – Highland Lakes Challenge
19:20 – Tex: The Father of Texas Swimming
21:15 – The Who’s Who of swimming coaches
22:55 – Steve Hamm
24:37 – Dr. Steve Montgomery & Bob Leland
25:15 – High school invites in Burnet
26:53 – Bill Rob’s smooth freestyle
27:52 – Carol Borgmann Robertson
29:05 – More Camp Longhorn
33:20 – Ninth Year Ring
34:27 – Tex flies the staff to NCAA’s
35:30 – Everybody’s famous at camp
36:56 – KP = Kitchen Patrol
39:50 – More on Pat
41:14 – Splash Magazine & TAGS
41:37 – Emmett Hines
42:32 – Team building & The Mile
44:04 – The Blob
48:50 – Aqua-Carnivals
51:31 – Gregory Gym to Texas Swim Center
52:43 – Patterson to Reese
55:43 – Great coaches & teammates
57:47 – Chris Del Conte (CDC)
58:28 – Reese to Bowman
59:59 – Wrapping it up
Links to topics mentioned:
"TEX: The Father of Texas Swimming", is available on Amazon and in many online and brick/mortar bookstores:
https://www.amazon.com/Tex-Father-Swimming-Ross-Lucksinger/dp/1492214922
