Austin – Longhorn legend and Hall of Honor member Jack Collins, Jr., passed away this week at the age of 82.
Known as a consummate teammate, Collins demonstrated it throughout his time playing for Darrell Royal as a halfback with the Texas Football team between 1959 and '61, and later during his highly successful career as a banking official. He and his father, Jack Collins, Sr., who was a three-sport star for the Longhorns in the 1930s, have the distinction of being the first father-son duo to be inducted into the UT Hall of Honor. The younger Collins was enshrined in 1982 after his father was inducted in 1976.