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^Brady was awarded the 1959 Class AA state football championship via forfeit over Stamford (the actual score was 19-14 Stamford). This was the first and, as of 2013, one of only two instances where a Texas state football championship was awarded via forfeit. [8]
Brady was awarded the 1959 Class AA state football championship via forfeit over Stamford (the actual score was 19-14 Stamford). This was the first and, as of 2008, one of only two instances where a Texas state football championship was awarded via forfeit. [8]
The Brady National Bank is located about the courthouse square. In 1947, the state of Texas opened the Brady State School for Negro Girls on a former prisoner-of-war camp in McCulloch County, near Brady, leased from the federal government of the United States. In 1950, the state replaced the Brady facility with the Crockett State School. [13]
James Earl Rudder was born on May 6, 1910, in Eden, Texas, the fifth son to survive to adulthood of Dee Forest and Annie Rudder (nee Powell). [1] Rudder attended Eden High School, where he was a member of the first football team at the school, graduating in 1927. [2]
He attended Brady High School, where he was an All-state tackle. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Texas, where he became a three-year starter and a tri-captain. He earned All-SWC honors in 1962 and 1963. As a senior, he helped Texas win its first national championship.
In 1963, the Texas Historical Commission designated the geographical center of Texas as being located 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Brady. [3] The old jail became the Heart of Texas Historical Museum in 1974. A granite monument to the center of Texas can be found on the grounds of the McCulloch County Courthouse. [4]
^Stamford was stripped of the 1959 Class AA state football championship by the UIL resulting in Brady winning by forfeit 2-0. (the actual score was 19-14 Stamford). This was the first and (as of 2008) one of only two instances where a Texas state football championship was awarded via forfeit. [7]
In 1957, Wanda married Stanley Bush. In 1959, they had one daughter, Shanna, who qualified for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in barrel racing in 1984. [1] Bush suffered a heart attack on December 27, 2015, while at home in Mason, Texas. She was admitted to the hospital in Brady, Texas, and died two days later, on December 29. After her death ...