Darrell Royal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Darrell Royal

American college football player, college football coach, College Football Hall of Fame member

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1924

Place of Birth: Hollis, Oklahoma, United States

Date of Death: 07-Nov-2012

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Darrell K Royal (July 6, 1924 – November 7, 2012) was an American football player and coach.
He served as the head coach at Mississippi State University (1954–1955), the University of Washington (1956), and the University of Texas (1957–1976), compiling a career college football record of 184–60–5.
In his 20 seasons at Texas, Royal's teams won three national championships (1963, 1969, and 1970), 11 Southwest Conference titles, and amassed a record of 167–47–5.
He won more games than any other coach in Texas Longhorns football history.
Royal also coached the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for one season in 1953.
He never had a losing season as a head coach for his entire career.
Royal played football at the University of Oklahoma from 1946 to 1949.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983.
Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas, where the Longhorns play their home games, was renamed in his honor in 1996.