Former TCU Football Star Mike Renfro Elected to Texas Sports Hall of Fame

Mike Renfro

Former TCU football star Mike Renfro has been elected to the Texas Sports of Fall in Waco, Texas.

Renfro is one of nine members of the Class of 2022, elected through a statewide selection committee.

 

Other members of the class are: Bob Beamon, Chris Bosh, Manu Ginóbili, Robert Griffin III, Tony Parker, Carly Patterson Caldwell, SuzieSnider Eppers and Michael Strahan.

 

The Class will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on March 12, 2022, in the BASE at the Extraco Event Center in Waco, Texas, on March 12, 2022. Purchase tickets: here 

 

For additional information, call Krista Martin at 254-756-1633.  

 

As a wide receiver, Renfro played at Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth before playing collegiately at TCU, and then professionally for the Houston Oilers and Dallas Cowboys. 

 

Renfro was a standout at TCU. He was named All-SWC three times and a second-team All-American. 

 

Renfro finished his collegiate career with the third-most receiving yards in Southwest Conference (SWC) history with 2,739. He left TCU with the most receiving touchdowns (17), yards (2.739), and career receptions (162) in program history. 

 

Renfro played 10 years in the NFL. He was named the Dallas Cowboys’ most valuable player in 1985. He retired with 323 career receptions for 4,708 yards and 28 touchdowns.

 

Renfro is a member of the Southwest Conference Hall Fame. Mike also is a member of the TCUBlock T Hall of Fame. He was inducted in 1988.

Renfro's father, Ray Renfro, also is enshrined in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. He was elected into the Hall as a member of the Class of 1995. Ray played 12 seasons with the Cleveland Browns in the NFL and was a three-time Pro Bowl selection.

Beamon attended the University of Texas at El Paso, where he competed in track and field. 

 

Beamon rose to prominence in 1967, when he won the AAU Indoor Title and medaled in the Pan American Games, both in the long jump event. 

 

Beamon won gold in the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, jumping 29 ft. 2 ½ in., blasting the previous world record by nearly two feet. Beamon’s world record stood for 23 years. He still holds the Olympic record. 

 

Beamon was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1977 and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in 1983. 

Bosh, of Dallas and Lincoln High School, is an 11-time NBA All-Star (2005’-16), two-time NBA Champion (2012, 2013) and Olympic gold medalist (2008). 

 

Bosh was drafted fourth overall in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors. He spent six years with the Miami Heat (2010’-16). 

 

Over his 13-year career, Bosh averaged 19.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. His #1 jersey was retired by the Miami Heat in 2019. 

 

In September  of  2021, Bosh was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

 

Ginóbili is one of only two players to win an NBA Championship, a EuroLeague title and an Olympic gold medal. 

 

After playing seven seasons in Argentina and Italy, winning the EuroLeague title in 2001, Ginóbili joined the San Antonio Spurs in 2002. Ginóbili spent his entire NBA career with the Spurs (2002-2018) where he claimed four NBA Championships (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014), two NBA All-Star appearances and the 2008 Sixth Man of the Year award. His No. 20 was retired by the Spurs in 2019.

Arguably the greatest quarterback in Baylor football history, Griffin was unstoppable during his four years at Baylor. 

 

A four-star recruit out of Copperas Cove High School, Griffin was handed the reigns to the Baylor offense his freshman year, where he won Big 12 Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year and Big 12 Freshman of the Year.

 

In 2011, Griffin won the Heisman Trophy. Griffin also was named the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year and won the Davey O’Brien Award and the Manning Award. 

 

Griffin was drafted second overall by the Washington Redskins, where he won Offensive Rookie of the Year and was selected to the Pro Bowl his first season. He had an eight-year career in the NFL, playing for the Redskins, Browns, and Ravens.

Parker was born in Belgium and raised in France before coming to Texas in 2001 to play for the San Antonio Spurs. 

During Parker's time with the Spurs, the Spurs won four titles (2003, 2005, 2007, 2014). 

 

Parker averaged 15.5 points per game and 5.6 assists per game during his NBA career. He was a six-time NBA All-Star, was named to four All-NBA teams, and was the NBA Finals MVP in 2007. Parker's No. 9 jersey was retired by the Spurs in 2019.

Olympic gold medalist Carly Patterson was known for her signature dismount, the Double Arabian. 

 

Patterson won her first gold medal at the senior level, winning all-around and balance beam at the American Cup in 2003. The year after, Patterson competed in her first and only Olympics, becoming the second American woman to win the all-around gold medal since 1984, and the first to win in a non-boycotted Olympic Games. 

 

Patterson ended her career in 2006 with 27 medals. She was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2009. 

Born and raised in Robinson, Texas, Eppers starred in Baylor's women’s basketball program. 

 

After leading Robinson High School to its first basketball state championship in 1970, Eppers became in 1973 the first women’s scholarship athlete in Baylor history. 

 

During her collegiate career, Eppers accumulated 3,861 points and became Baylor’s first All-American in women’s basketball. Her No. 23 jersey was retired by the Lady Bear. 

 

Eppers also was a decorated track and field athlete in high school. She still holds the Central Texas shot put record of 50 feet, 10 inches. 

After attending Texas Southern University, Strahan was drafted 40th overall by the New York Giants, where he spent his 15-year professional career. 

 

Strahan was a seven-time Pro Bowler and led the NFL in sacks for two seasons (2001, 2003). His best season came in 2001, where he set the single-season sack record with 22.5 sacks and won NFL Defensive Player of the Year. 

 

In Strahan's final game as an NFL player, he helped lead the Giants to a Super Bowl victory (2008) against the undefeated New England Patriots. 

 

Strahan finished his career with 141.5 sacks, sixth all-time in NFL history. 

 

Strahan is a member of the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 2000s and Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2014. 

 

Strahan is a co-anchor for ABC’s “ Good Morning America”, a two-time Daytime Emmy award winner, Co-CEO of SMAC Entertainment, “Fox NFL Sunday” sports analyst, and a best-selling author.