George Hannon

GEORGE HANNON

1942 GRADUATE OF MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL

STANDOUT TENNIS PLAYER * EXCELLENT GOLFER

ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEMBER OF THE LONGHORN GOLF TEAMS BETWEEN 1942 AND 1947 (SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY 1943-44)

AFTER UT, HANNON BECAME A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER, SERVING AS A PRO FOR THE NEXT 13 YEARS, RETURNING TO AUSTIN IN 1961.

IN 1964, HANNON BECAME THE GOLF COACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WHERE HIS 17 YEARS WERE OF GREAT SUCCESS FOR UT GOLF * NINE SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TWO NCAA CHAMP- IONSHIPS HE COACHED HIS LAST UT GOLF TEAM IN 1981

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HIS UT GOLF TEAMS PRODUCED MANY OF THE LEGIONARY PROS WE ENJOY FOLLOWING ON THE PGA TOUR TO THIS DAY.

IN 1989 HANNON WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNIVESITY OF TEXAS LONG- HORN HALL OF FAME.