My son needs to find out some information about E. King Gill for a research project. Does anyone know the following:

Father
Mother
Wife
Birth Location

No relation: Vince Gil

More proof (as if any were needed) of the motto

TexAgs: We Know Stuff!

Quick google search revealed a book " The twelfth man: the life and legend of TexasA&M's E.King Gill" published by the Fort Worth Star.

couldn't find it on abebooks.com but didn't go all the way in the list.

try amazon.com

He was a physician in Corpus from the 40s on.

4cags, My 22 yearbook shows that Gill was from Dallas - page 134 Sophomore Class History. He was VP of the class.

He was on the BB championship team.

He posed with the football Southern Champs 21-22
although he didn't play the year he was the 12th Man!Page 360

try www.ancestry.com

or

www.geneology.com

or

www.familysearch.org

they might help

Any idea who this old man is?

wow, the guy second from the right in the first photo looks like Bill Flores.

Is the man on the far right Harry Pinson?

http://www.12thmanfoundation.com/mag/Vol7/vol7no2/flashback.asp

So, how I came to be in possession of pictures of "King" in his later life is a bizarre story and if you aren't a firm believer in the six-degrees of separation theory, this should help convince you that it might be a sound theory.

I'm at a business conference in Dana Point, California. We'd just finished a rather dry, marathon-length presentation. We start heading outside to where they're serving us lunch overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This conference brought together lots of major players from my company and most of us hadn't seen each other in person for over a year. So naturally as soon as every break started, we all started chatting.

I'm talking to a guy I know about our hobbies and I start saying how disappointed I am in the performance of my Texas Aggie Football Team. The guy in front of me who was probably 10 years older than me (I'm Class of '92) and from New Hampshire (of all places) turns around and says - "You mean my Texas Aggie Football Team" and I kind of laugh it off. I figure he's just some Yankee being a ***** and trying to wind me up. I say, "Really, your team is Texas A&M? How does a guy from New Hampshire follow A&M?"

Then he says to me, "You've heard of the Twelfth Man?" (I'm still being skeptical at this point, thinking he could have seen something about the Seattle Seahawks lawsuit in the news) I say, "Yes, of course". He says, "My grandfather was King Gill". I say, "You mean to tell me that your grandfather was E. King Gill?" "Yes" "Bull-****!, No Way!" (although, I'm starting to wonder how some random guy from NH would know this much about A&M, even if he was a religious watcher of ESPN College Game Day)

So, this guy starts to tell me in great detail about growing up in the Dallas Area, fishing with his Grandfather, going to A&M Games and his love for Texas A&M. He also goes on to tell me about how his Grandfather had established a scholarship for him to attend Texas A&M, but he elected not to (probably too much pressure, I guess).

Anyways, a few days after we get back from this business conference, this guy scans in some old photos and Emails these pictures to me. This just goes to show that you can never tell everything about a person just by looking at them or even by trying to profile them and place them in some pre-conceived bucket.

Thanks so much for posting, Hollywood!

You're welcome. That was just such an unlikely story, but it really happened to me. A Luxury Hotel in 2007 in Dana Point, CA was pretty far from where I first heard about the 12th Man at fish Camp in Palestine, TX back in summer 1988.

cool story/pics Hollywood

Is he missing his left index finger? It sure looks like it on the second picture.

I was about to ask the same thing

cool stuff.

on a sidenote, my god the 70's were horrible for hair and clothes.

way cool stuff

come on txdawg80, white shoes and leasure suites were greatest (lime green was the best). You could not wear a suite that was of a color found in nature.

Had a doctor in my old home town who was a Baylor grad. You have not lived until you've seen a Baylor Green Leisure Suit.

Man, that had to be great! These young kids don't know what they missed. I just wish my wife had not given all mine away to goodwill. Now I only have the Hawaiian shirts left.

appropriate bump for football season

Thanks for sharing!!

Second to the left looks like Tony Franklin

no bevel

What did the E. stand for?

Chevy chase next to Tony

IIRC, it's Earl.

http://mobile.texags.com/Forums/5/Topics/1395121?page=1

"E. King Gill, was a W. H. Adamson High School (then Oak Cliff High) graduate. Gill was also an All-SWC basketball player in 1923. He was a three-sport A&M athlete. After Gill left A&M, he turned down a chance at professional baseball and followed several brothers into a career as a physician. He became a noted ear, nose and throat specialist in Corpus Christi. Gill died of a heart attack in 1976 at his Rockport cabin at the age of 74. Gill's burial took place at the family plot on San Antonio's South Side"

http://www.fanbase.com/E-King-Gill/photo/660162?n=2



[This message has been edited by Rabid Cougar (edited 10/27/2013 8:37p).]

E = Earl

[This message has been edited by powerbiscuit (edited 10/28/2013 12:06p).]

Nice post Power Biscuit.

With their "heighth" issues, belts that look like Flank Straps and shorts that scrunched their manhood it is a wonder that basketball team finished .500.

Gotta say that the shoes are pretty sweet.

Look at the basketball. It has laces like the modern football.

BTW, the pictures are from the 1924 Longhorn.

In the baseball player picture, right above Gill is Pat Olsen, who is the namesake of Olsen Field.

E. (Earl) King Gill's parents:

James P. Gill (1870-1929)
Sally King Gill (1866=1947)

E. King Gill is buried in the same cemetery as one of my aunts. Next time I'm in the area I'll stop by his grave and pay my respects. His memorial stone is a very simple one.

Got to the Find A Grave website to view it for yourselves.