Javelina Hall of Fame
Lowell Ramey, from Bishop, was a football and basketball participant at Texas A&I in 1932-35. He was inducted into the Javelina Hall of Fame in 2006.
He played freshman football his first year in 1932 and was on the varsity squad the remaining three seasons.
In a 1933 game with Abilene Christian, he scored three touchdowns in a 39-0 Javelina victory and the following season he had the only score in a 7-6 Javelina win against Texas-Arlington.
Probably the most memorable game of his career came in 1934 when the Javelinas led Texas A&M until the final minute before the Aggies scored and got an extra point to tie the Javelinas, 14-14. Ramey had an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown and he kicked the extra point.
Ramey had two 80-yard touchdown runs in a 1934 game with Fort Sam Houston.
He was injured in an automobile accident during the 1934 season en route to scout a game with head coach Bud McCallum, quarterback Jimmy McMillan and center/linebacker Gene McCormick. He suffered a hip injury and never fully recovered. He did have a 50-yard kickoff return in a game with the University of Texas in 1935 and he led the team in scoring and rushing.
Ramey played basketball in 1934 and 1935 and coached the freshman football team in 1936.
He went to work for a Humble Oil Co. refinery in Ingleside and worked there until opening a drug store in Ingleside in 1950. He sold the store in 1965.
Ramey died in 1983 from a form of leukemia and his wife, Yuma, died in 2006. He is the father of a daughter, Betty Burwell of Westhoff; a daughter, Sue LaBaume of Moulton and a son, Randy, of Ingleside.
All three are Texas A&I graduates.
There are also numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
A brother, Dr. L.E. Ramey of Kingsville, is a member of the Javelina Hall of Fame.
