Linus Baer​

Linus Baer and Warren McVea became San Antonio football legends for their roles in “The Game”, the 1963 bi-district playoff game between Lee and Brackenridge high schools, considered “The Game of the Century” for Texas High School Football.  Lee’s Baer scored 37 points and gained 339 total yards in the 55-48 Lee win.​

Baer was an all-around high school athlete with All-City honors in football, basketball and baseball, but it was his ’63 football season that stands out. As a halfback he gained 1614 yards for an 8.7 rushing average, with a game-high of 270 yards. He scored 33 touchdowns rushing, passed for two more and scored 226 total points, an average of almost 19 points per game. He also had a 41.4 yard punting average. He was an All-State and Scholastic Magazine All-America selection, received the Thom McAn Award as the best player in San Antonio and the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce Texas High School Outstanding Football Player Award.​

Baer went on to play football at the University of Texas, playing three seasons and serving as a team captain in his senior year in 1967.  Primarily a blocking back, his career totals were 1064 total yards with an average of 6.4 yards per play. He received the UT Sportsmanship Award, the Team Leadership Award and the D.X. Bible Scholarship Award, all in 1967.​