Late Aggie basketball Coach Shelby Metcalf explains to his assistant coaches John Thornton and Randy Knowles how he plans on keeping his team together and not lose any more close games.
Coach Metcalf was always complimentary of my cartoons of him. He called the Battalion Newspaper one afternoon where I was working and asked to meet with me. I was so excited I hopped on my bike and rode straight there. When I was introduced to Coach he treated me like he had known me for years. He had such a warm and generous personality. He asked to buy the cartoon that was published in the school newspaper a few days before but I refused to sell it and gave it to him. It is the only original I had ever given away. I ran into him years later and asked about the drawing. He said he had loaned it to a writer along with photos, documents and momentos to put into a book. But that person stole everything and vanished. Coach Metcalf was was very upset about that. Also in this cartoon is the late Don Marberry--one of the most exciting players ever to wear the maroon and white.
Created by Dale Smith Art; all rights reserved.
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