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7 unusual facts about Houston Post


Houston Post

Amid declining sales, the Post was sold in 1983 to the Toronto Sun.

Johnny Treadwell

The Houston Post named him the Most Valuable Player on defense in the Southwest Conference for 1962, and he played in the 1963 Hula Bowl.

MWA World Heavyweight Championship

29 May 1936 in the Houston Post Brown was specified by Jim Londos as the strongest grappler he had ever faced, and that he had wrestled him "a few nights ago" to a two-hour draw in Detroit.

Rienzi Melville Johnston

He headed the Houston Post for many years, and in 1913 served a month in the United States Senate when Governor Colquitt appointed him to complete the term of the resigned Senator Bailey.

Tracy Harris

"Young Artists' Works Offer Thoughtful Twists and Turns", Houston Post Houston, Tex 22 June 1991: F1.

"Twin shows different in design, close in spirit", Houston Post Houston, Tex 15 Apr 1993: D2.

Welton Jones

Prior to working in San Diego, Joens worked for a number of publciations which include: the New York Herald-Tribune, the Houston Post, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal and the Shreveport Times.


South Houston High School

Al Carter (1970): Sports journalist and editor; former columnist for the Houston Chronicle, Houston Post and Dallas Morning News.


see also

William P. Hobby

In August 1955, Hobby became chairman of the board of the Houston Post Company, which also included the radio station, KPRC, and the television station, KPRC-TV, with Mrs. Hobby as president and editor.