Trivia

Inducted into the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame in 1980.

Won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics for the 4x100-meter relay; ran leadoff leg.

Induced into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2006.

While doubling for Robert Culp in the Outer Limits episode "Demon With A Glass Hand," he broke both his ankles when he jumped down a flight of stairs.

Played with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and the Pittsburgh Steelers after college, but never appeared in a regular season game.

Graduate of The University of Texas at Austin.

As of April 2006, he was raising longhorn cattle and quarter horses on his ranch near Ivan, TX.

Inducted into the University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor in 1980.

Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.

Inducted into the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.