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Where the Legend Began: The Story of a Man, a Magazine, and the Soul of Texas Football
The remarkable story of Dave Campbell, who left a lasting legacy as a beloved sportswriter chronicling Texas football for generations all while becoming a cultural icon across the state.
Late in the Texas summer, like a cold front that comes to relieve the oppressive heat, hope arrives for weary Texans when Dave Campbell’s Texas Football arrives in stores and mailboxes from Beaumont to El Paso.
The magazine, published since 1960, inspires such devotion that diehards go from store to store to find their copy. They give them as gifts, mail them to Texas expats, or just take it with them to devour every word covering more than 1,500 high schools and 47 colleges, along with recruiting and pro football.
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