Gonzalo Garcia†
Garcia, Gonzalo
Inducted 1999
Hometown: Brownsville
High School: Brownsville High School
Best Known for: Athlete-Football
DOB-May 8, 2006
When the Lone Star Conference celebrated its 75th season in 2006, one of three Valley players honored was Garcia, a Brownsville High star from the 1940s who went on to make All-American at Southwest Texas State.
He played for great Coach Bob Martin at Brownsville High in the mid-1940s, making All-South Texas as a two-way lineman. Then he went to San Marcos to make All-LSC four straight seasons for the Bobcats and was selected to the Williamson's Little All-America squad for 1949.
Garcia had offers from the Giants, Steelers among other pro teams, but chose to enlist in the U.S. Army in 1950.
He later became a leading coach in Brownsville, including a nine-year stint at his alma mater under Joe Rodriguez and then as an assistant with new school Hanna in 1974 and as first coach at the new Pace High from 1975-77.