- Inducted into the Hollywood Stuntmen's Hall of Fame in 1980.
- Won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics for the 4x100-meter relay; ran leadoff leg.
- Induced into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2006.
- While doubling for Robert Culp in the Outer Limits episode "Demon With A Glass Hand," he broke both his ankles when he jumped down a flight of stairs.
- Played with the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and the Pittsburgh Steelers after college, but never appeared in a regular season game.
- Graduate of The University of Texas at Austin.
- As of April 2006, he was raising longhorn cattle and quarter horses on his ranch near Ivan, TX.
- Inducted into the University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor in 1980.
- Inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1985.
- Inducted into the Big Country Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.
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