Kyle: The Life And Legacy Of The Man Behind Texas A&M's Football Stadium
A portrait taken in 1934 shows E.J. Kyle two decades into his tenure as dean of the school of agriculture.Cushing Memorial Library & Archives It's ...
A portrait taken in 1934 shows E.J. Kyle two decades into his tenure as dean of the school of agriculture.Cushing Memorial Library & Archives It's a name that's hard to miss. Spelled out in eight-foot-tall letters on one of the largest football stadiums in the United States, 'KYLE' towers over Texas A&M University and Aggieland. But the story of the man who gave his name to the home of Texas A&M football begins before the Aggies were called Aggies, and when College Station was just that — a train station near a small cluster of buildings in the middle of nowhere.