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The 2008 Texas Bowl Gridiron Legends class includes Jackie Sherrill, Mickey Herskowitz, Ecomet Burley, Ken Burrough and Jack Pardee.

Ecomet Burley

A star player at Lufkin High School and a Hall of Fame defensive tackle for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, Burley went on to play for six seasons in the Canadian Football League. As a principal and superintendant in local middle and high schools, he developed a reputation for turning around troubled schools.

Ken Burrough

After an All-America career at Texas Southern, Burrough helped transform the 1970s Houston Oilers into the “Luv ya Blue” era. He was a two-time Pro Bowl selection during his time with the Oilers.

Mickey Herskowitz

Herskowitz covered local and national sports for the Houston Chronicle and Houston Post for over 50 years. He also won many awards for his sports journalism and was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jack Pardee

Pardee played for coach “Bear” Bryant’s famed Junction Boys at Texas A&M where he earned All-America honors. Pardee spent a great deal of his coaching career in Houston, first with the Houston Gamblers of the USFL, then at the University of Houston and ultimately with the Houston Oilers.

Jackie Sherrill

As head coach at Texas A&M, Sherrill started the legendary “12th Man” kickoff team and built the Aggies into a national powerhouse in the 1980s. Sherrill guided the Aggies to a 52–28–1 record and three Southwest Conference titles in seven years.

Dicky Maegle

A native of Taylor, Texas, Maegle was a member of the inaugural class of the Rice University Sports Hall of Fame in 1970 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1979.

Maegle starred at Rice from 1952-54 and set 26 school records. Maegle was an excellent defender as well, leading the Southwest Conference in interceptions. He was a consensus All-America and academic All-America in 1954.