Eventually, though, she relented. Earl Campbell didn't start playing running back until his coach insisted on it when he was a senior in high school. To that point, he had been a linebacker and an ...

2) Earl Campbell, RB, Tyler High School Earl Campbell, “The Tyler Rose,” was known for using his 36-inch thighs to inflict pain upon poor defenders attempting to tackle him. Before he embarked ...

Earl. All three played together for John Tyler High School, winning a state championship on a 15-0 team. Those three of 11 kids raised by Ann Campbell were particularly close because they went off ...

Had Ann Campbell followed her instincts, Earl Christian Campbell never would have had a chance to return Bum Phillips' call ...