Quarterback Duke Carlisle led Texas football to its famed 1964 national championship glory. He was one of just four former Texas quarterbacks to have claimed the collegiate sport\u2019s most sought after season-long accolade.<\/p>\n
And while the Kaufman, Texas, native never managed to win individual awards beyond his Most Valuable Player Award following the Longhorns\u2019 Cotton Bowl victory over Navy, which propelled Texas toward its claim of the championship that season (college football\u2019s first playoff system, the two-team BCS series, wouldn\u2019t launch until more than three decades after the Longhorns championship-winning 1964 regular and postseason.<\/p>\n
This past weekend, Carlisle\u2019s family announced his death following a seven-year bout with cancer.<\/p>\n
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