Great Story on Trainer...good read

by **Pony_Fan** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:31 pm

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... d2e32.html

by **MrMustang1965** » Tue Oct 25, 2005 6:23 pm

So THAT'S why the Mustangs lost the Marshall game!!!! Cash Birdwell wasn't there!!!! :shock:

by **smudad** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 7:25 am

The real shame is, there will be virtually no one in the stands when he is honored. I would wish when guys like this go out, they would announce it at the beginning of the year when there are folks in the stands and honor them in front of some people. Let him do a victory tour, so to speak.

Well done fella. Hope you have as long, enjoyable retirement.

by **jtstang** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:42 am

smudad wrote: Let him do a victory tour, so to speak.

Wouldn't that require a victory?

On an even more trivial note, Cash Birdwell was (not sure if still is) a Garland ISD board member and my HS diploma has his autograph on it. Anybody know if he still holds that prestigious position?

by **PonyFan** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 8:44 am

Cash is one of the greatest people I've had the pleasure of meeting at SMU. He will be sorely missed around The Hilltop.

by **mrydel** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 9:18 am

I wish I had known him better. Eddie Lane was our trainer but took a year off to be a trainer at the 68 Olympics and Cash filled in. I was too low on the totem pole at the time to get any trainer attention for hurts.

by **MrMustang1965** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:20 pm

jtstang wrote:On an even more trivial note, Cash Birdwell was (not sure if still is) a Garland ISD board member and my HS diploma has his autograph on it. Anybody know if he still holds that prestigious position?

No, he's not. Here's a link to the Garland ISD showing current school board members.

http://www.garlandisd.net/district/school_board.asp

by **that's great raplh** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:57 pm

CASH BIRDWELL - WE'LL NEVER FIND A TRAINER WITH A BETTER NAME

by **Hilltopper** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 9:44 am

Isn't Cash in some kind of athletic trainers' hall of fame somewhere?

I knew him a little bit when I was in school -- he's one of the most loyal Mustangs I ever met, and it's really cool to see him get some pub like this, pub that he so richly deserves.

by **Roach** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 12:43 am

Agreed.
Any news on the suggestion of naming the training room after him? That's a no-brainer. He's the living definition of what it means to be a Mustang.

Great Story on Trainer...good read

Great Story on Trainer...good read

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