Oral History Collection

MAIN ENTRY: Lyman, Velma
DATE OF INTERVIEW: December 1975
LOCATION OF INTERVIEW: Lubbock, Texas
INTERVIEWER: Etta Lynch
LENGTH OF INTERVIEW: 55 minutes
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE: Velma Lyman discusses her memories of her brother, former Texas Tech football coach Pete Cawthon.
TAPE ONE, SIDE ONE: Coaching career
Terrill Prep
Austin College

Texas Tech (1930-1941)
Cotton Bowl (1939)

Resignation
Reasons
Secrecy
Texas Hall of Fame (1961)
Pete Cawthon, Jr.
Racial prejudices
Hobbies

Losing
Reactions

TAPE ONE, SIDE TWO Family background
Fannie Harrison, mother
P. W. Cawthon, father
Knute Rockne
Pete Cawthon

Profanity
Temper
Language

RANGE DATES: 1920s-1960s
BULK DATES: 1930-1961