The San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame’s 2024 class was honored Thursday night at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in front of the inductees’ friends and family.
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Whittier is the sister of Julius Whittier. Julius, a Highlands High School alum, was the first Black football player to play at the University of Texas in 1970.“To be honest with you, I’d rather be out there on that practice field getting after it,” Rackley said. “I’m not much of a coat and tie guy, but this is a great honor and the other people being honored tonight — great athletes, great people — and I just feel blessed to be here.
“It was incredible to learn that Anjanette Kirkland and I were going in at the same time,” Williams said. “And to see her at the press conference back in January, to know that this is someone I used to play basketball against in high school and then we went on to classmates at A&M and then roommates, it even makes this honor so much more special.”
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