TCU ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME
Few players in the history of college football have enjoyed as much success against one team as Jim Swink did against the rival Texas Longhorns during his three-year stint of 1954-55-56. During that three-game series, Swink did practically everything to the Longhorns except barbecue Bevo, rushing for an average of 168 yards per game while scoring 19 points per contest. He averaged 13.3 yards every time he carried the pigskin from scrimmage against the Horns. The “Rusk Rambler” is still regarded as one of the greatest running backs ever to play for TCU and in the SWC; his great games were numerous, with his gliding, side-stepping running style. As a junior in 1955, he was the nation’s leading scorer and second-leading ground gainer, totaling 125 points and rushing for 1,283 net yards. A two-time All-American, Swink finished runner-up for the Heisman Trophy for his performance that season and was later named to the Cotton Bowl Hall of Fame in 2000. Half a century later, Jim Swink’s legend still surrounds TCU.
Swind was inducted into the TCU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1972
