Inside the Mabee Complex, home to the Hardin-Simmons University Cowboys. Bruntmyer showed us around the modern basketball gym, which is in the same location Brunson, now 88, played at from 1951-1953, although the old facility has since been demolished and completely renovated. PokerNews recently stopped by the small college in Abilene, 50 miles from Doyle's hometown of Longworth, during our Texas Week road trip across the state. In 2009, the Baptist college's current president, Eric Bruntmyer, went to bat for the poker legend and convinced the school to let him in. Convincing the School that Doyle Brunson Isn't a Sinnerĭoyle Brunson, a track and basketball star in the 1950s, was left out of the Hardin-Simmons Athletics Hall of Fame for many years because of his chosen career path.
