Walter Fondren
Quarterback, American football player
1936 – 2010
Who was Walter Fondren?
Walter William Fondren III was an American football player and conservation activist. He played halfback and later quarterback for the Texas Longhorns from 1955 to 1957. He could throw the running pass in the split-T option and drew comparisons to SMU's Doak Walker because of his ability to run, pass and punt the football.
Fondren was drafted 354th overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1958 NFL Draft, but turned down a professional football career, as he was already a millionaire-to-be with his family owning interest in Humble Oil, an oil company his grandfather, Walter Fondren, Sr., founded in 1911.
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- Born
- Apr 29, 1936
- Education
- Lamar High School
- University of Texas at Austin
- Died
- Jan 28, 2010
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on July 23, 2013
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