The name Dave Campbell is literally synonymous with Texas football. His titular magazine on all things football in Texas is anticipated each year by football fanatics, coaches and sports writers. It heralds both the unofficial end of summer and the kickoff of another thrilling gridiron season.
Campbell started Texas Football Magazine in 1960 during his stint as sports editor of the Waco Tribune-Herald. He felt there was a need for more coverage of not only college football, but high school as well. He wrote about every team in every district in Texas, knowing those featured would be turned into regular Texas Football readers for years to come.
Campbell was a member of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame. He served as president of Football Writers Association of America and the Texas Sports Writers Association. For many years, he was one of five sectional representatives on the Heisman Trophy voting committee. He was a recipient of the Football Writers Association of America Bert McGrane Award for lifetime achievement; the Jake Wade Award; the Lamar Hunt Lifetime Achievement Award; and the Headliners Club Wilbur Evans Award, among others. He was honored as a Baylor Distinguished Alumnus in 1992. A month before his 94th birthday, he published his first book— Dave Campbell’s Favorite Texas College Football Stories. In 2019 he TweaxsaasnPreexshsiAbistsoorcaiattitohne bToraodke l dseinllgincgohuirst with football fans and journalists.
