Texas legend Worster, pioneer of wishbone, dies

Steve Worster, a two-time All-American at Texas and the bruising fullback who was the inspiration for the creation of the wishbone offense that came to dominate college football in the 1970s and ’80s, died on Saturday at 73.

Texas announced Worster’s death in a release on Sunday.

Worster, who was nicknamed “Big Woo” or “Woo Woo” by Longhorns fans, signed with Texas in 1967 as a 6-foot, 210-pound high school star who ran for more than 5,000…