The last of the ‘41 Horns is gone, but magazine cover keeps players, season timeless.
The black and white photos of the 14 young men, all handsome, all in their prime, still stare from the cover of a Life magazine that was published seven decades ago.
The story of how those 14 University of Texas football players arrived on the cover of the country’s popular magazine, and what they accomplished - first as Longhorns, then later as husbands, fathers and businessmen - has survived the decades.
But now, none of them are left. The last Longhorn that was immortalized on Life’s Nov. 17, 1941, cover died this month.
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