Fay 'Mule' Wilson was the son of Thomas Rufinus Wilson and Nancy Jane Bohannon. Mule was the brother of Thomas Fred 'Puny' Wilson, Manie G Wilson Dinwiddie, and Nora May Wilson Morris.
Fay "Mule" Wilson was a star athlete for the Honey Grove high school football team. He was the quarterback on the 1921 team that lost in the state championship game to Oak Cliff high 7-0. Mule then went on to star for the Texas A&M Aggies where he was a letterman both in football and in track for the years 1923-24-25. He captained the football team in 1925 when the Aggies captured the conference championship and Mule was selected all conference fullback for the second straight year. Mule was also the Southwest Conference 100 yard sprint champion in 1926. He then went on to play professional football for Buffalo during the 1926 season and subsequently, the New York Giants for seven years from 1927-34 in the professional football league. He was on the Giant team that won the world championship in 1927. A football commemorating the event is part of the headstone that marks Mule's grave. Mule played pro football with several other teams until his failing health forced him to retire in 1935. He was actively engaged in the oil and gas business in Austin, Texas when he suffered a heart attack and died July 18, 1937. He had not reached his 36th birthday.
He is enshrined in the Fannin County sports hall of fame (November 1992) and in the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame (1980).
My cousin told me the last time he visited the cemetery the football from Mule's headstone was missing.
Fay "Mule" Wilson was a star athlete for the Honey Grove high school football team. He was the quarterback on the 1921 team that lost in the state championship game to Oak Cliff high 7-0. Mule then went on to star for the Texas A&M Aggies where he was a letterman both in football and in track for the years 1923-24-25. He captained the football team in 1925 when the Aggies captured the conference championship and Mule was selected all conference fullback for the second straight year. Mule was also the Southwest Conference 100 yard sprint champion in 1926. He then went on to play professional football for Buffalo during the 1926 season and subsequently, the New York Giants for seven years from 1927-34 in the professional football league. He was on the Giant team that won the world championship in 1927. A football commemorating the event is part of the headstone that marks Mule's grave. Mule played pro football with several other teams until his failing health forced him to retire in 1935. He was actively engaged in the oil and gas business in Austin, Texas when he suffered a heart attack and died July 18, 1937. He had not reached his 36th birthday.
He is enshrined in the Fannin County sports hall of fame (November 1992) and in the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame (1980).
My cousin told me the last time he visited the cemetery the football from Mule's headstone was missing.
Fay 'Mule' Wilson was the son of Thomas Rufinus Wilson and Nancy Jane Bohannon. Mule was the brother of Thomas Fred 'Puny' Wilson, Manie G Wilson Dinwiddie, and Nora May Wilson Morris.
Fay "Mule" Wilson was a star athlete for the Honey Grove high school football team. He was the quarterback on the 1921 team that lost in the state championship game to Oak Cliff high 7-0. Mule then went on to star for the Texas A&M Aggies where he was a letterman both in football and in track for the years 1923-24-25. He captained the football team in 1925 when the Aggies captured the conference championship and Mule was selected all conference fullback for the second straight year. Mule was also the Southwest Conference 100 yard sprint champion in 1926. He then went on to play professional football for Buffalo during the 1926 season and subsequently, the New York Giants for seven years from 1927-34 in the professional football league. He was on the Giant team that won the world championship in 1927. A football commemorating the event is part of the headstone that marks Mule's grave. Mule played pro football with several other teams until his failing health forced him to retire in 1935. He was actively engaged in the oil and gas business in Austin, Texas when he suffered a heart attack and died July 18, 1937. He had not reached his 36th birthday.
He is enshrined in the Fannin County sports hall of fame (November 1992) and in the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame (1980).
My cousin told me the last time he visited the cemetery the football from Mule's headstone was missing.
Fay "Mule" Wilson was a star athlete for the Honey Grove high school football team. He was the quarterback on the 1921 team that lost in the state championship game to Oak Cliff high 7-0. Mule then went on to star for the Texas A&M Aggies where he was a letterman both in football and in track for the years 1923-24-25. He captained the football team in 1925 when the Aggies captured the conference championship and Mule was selected all conference fullback for the second straight year. Mule was also the Southwest Conference 100 yard sprint champion in 1926. He then went on to play professional football for Buffalo during the 1926 season and subsequently, the New York Giants for seven years from 1927-34 in the professional football league. He was on the Giant team that won the world championship in 1927. A football commemorating the event is part of the headstone that marks Mule's grave. Mule played pro football with several other teams until his failing health forced him to retire in 1935. He was actively engaged in the oil and gas business in Austin, Texas when he suffered a heart attack and died July 18, 1937. He had not reached his 36th birthday.
He is enshrined in the Fannin County sports hall of fame (November 1992) and in the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame (1980).
My cousin told me the last time he visited the cemetery the football from Mule's headstone was missing.
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