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Major Abram “Coach Abe”
Major Abram, who is affectionately called “Coach Abe” by his former students and friends, was born to loving Christian parents, Major, Sr. and Irene Lester Abram on October 30, 1932, in Washington, Texas. He is the youngest of three siblings; sister Gladys Abram Yancy and brother Willie Abram (deceased). His parents moved the family…
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Thomas Hendricks
Thomas E. Hendricks came to Houston in the early 1960s to coach football and track at Kashmere High School. He graduated from Northwestern High School in 1957 in Detroit, where he played football and track. Tom earned a degree in education from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he also played football. He coached Henry Carr, 1964 Olympic…
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Henry L. Stevenson
Coach Henry L. Stevenson lettered in baseball at Texas Southern University, before coming to Kashmere as baseball and basketball coach. He never coached a losing baseball season during his career at Kashmere. Retired as baseball coach in 1970 to move into an administrated position. His proudest moments were winning the 1965 state baseball title, as…
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Ozell Harris
Ozell Harris was a 1949 standout basketball player at Lincoln High, in Coldspring Texas. She earned an athletic scholarship to Texas Southern University where she lettered in basketball and graduated in 1954. After graduation, she accepted a teaching assignment at the newly open Kashmere Garden Junior & Senior High School. Under her tutorship, Linda Sims…
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Weldon Drew
Weldon Drew was a standout basketball player at Phillis Wheatley High School and Fisk University. He led Kashmere to Co State Championship in 1960 with Joe Lackey and Mighty Joe Young whom both ranked in the top ten players of the 60’s in the HISD. Coach Drew team won back to back state titles in 1974…
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Billie Matthews
Billie Matthews: Led Southern University to a 12-0 season as a freshman quarterback and the 1948 NAIA National Championship. His career record at Southern was 37-4. Kashmere head football coach from 1957 to 1970 before accepting coaching assignment at the University of Kansas, moving on to UCLA. Afterward entering the professional ranks, and coaching with…
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Johnny B. Felder
Johnny B. Felder was born in Chappell Hill, Texas and his family relocated to Houston during his early years. He graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School in 1953 as a highly decorated student-athlete in football and track. Coach Felder accepted a scholarship to attend Texas Southern University where he excelled in football and track before…
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Leon Strauss
Leon Strauss was born in Houston, Texas on September 29, 1952, to Ivory and Ophelia Strauss. He received his early years of education in the 5th Ward and Kashmere Garden area. At Kashmere High School, his Alma Mata, he excelled in academics and sports. Leon never played organized football until he attended Kashmere High…
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Timothy “Tim” Gray
First Quarter Timothy Gray known to many as Tim was one of four kids born to Thelma and C.M. Gray in Houston, TX on November 11, 1952. Tim was an inner city student in the Kashmere Gardens area of Houston. He attended public school from elementary to high school. As a student, standing tall…
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Russel Charles
The Houston Texas native Russel Charles was a three-time prep letterman in both football and track at Houston’s Kashmere High School. Russel was a 1971 football captain and a two-way starter as a senior. Charles had many accolades bestowed upon him throughout his high school career including All City, All-Greater Houston Area, and All-State, but…
