Steve Worster, one of the nation’s premier running backs who was among the most dominant figures in Darrell Royal’s famed Texas wishbone offense from 1968-70, has died. He died on Saturday, August 13, 2022 aged 73.
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The legendary Longhorn and two-time All-American is a member of the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor as well as the Texas Sports, Texas High School Football and Cotton Bowl Halls of Fame.
During his years at Texas, Worster rushed for 2,353 yards and scored 36 touchdowns. His teams won three Southwest Conference titles and two national championships.
Worster was featured on the cover of Dave Campbell’s Texas Football magazine in 1970 and finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting for the 1970 season.
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He was a two-time All-American (1969 and 1970) and three-time All-Southwest Conference selection, and was voted 1970 Texas Amateur Athlete of the Year by Texas Sports Writers Association.
Worster, a punishing blocker, was a powerful, hard-running fullback with breakaway speed and was famed as the linchpin of perhaps the greatest and most innovative offense in Texas Longhorns history.
He was a perfect fit for the fullback position in the Longhorns triple-option attack that took the nation by storm in the late 1960s.
Though details regarding Worster’s personal life are under the wraps, he is survived by two children, Scott and Erin and four grandchildren: Scott’s son Evan and daughter Morgan, and Erin’s sons Noah and Lukas.
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