Dave Campbell, who died at 96 years old last Friday, was a man of such humility and kindness that it’s easy for those of us of a certain age to overlook how important his Texas Football magazine was in transforming the very fabric of sports in our state. Legends aren’t supposed to be so approachable and so genuine, and Campbell, with his warm, unassuming personality, had a way of making you feel so comfortable around him that you’d almost forget how influential he was. On autumn Saturday afternoons for more than seventy years, Dave would make his way through football stadium press boxes throughout the state (but especially in Waco, his hometown), greeting every sports writer and editor by name, praising their recent articles and making them…View Original PostThe post Dave Campbell Made Texas Football the Juggernaut It Is Today appeared first on Texas Monthly.