Bill Eschenbrenner (2006) - North Texas Athletics Hall of Fame

Bill Eschenbrenner

Induction:
2006
Class:
1960

Bill Eschenbrenner was a three-year letterman with the North Texas golf team from 1958-60, helping lead the Mean Green to the Southern Intercollegiate championship in 1958 and to a third-place finish or better in five tournaments.

With Eschenbrenner, the Mean Green finished runner-up at the 1958 and 1960 Missouri Valley Conference Championships. Eschenbrenner earned his bachelor's degree from North Texas in 1961 and has remained in the game of golf ever since. He has become a PGA Class Master Professional after numerous achievements, and was the 2005 recipient of the National PGA Professional of the Year.

Eschenbrenner accrued numerous awards over the years, including PGA national awards such as the Bill Strausbaugh Award (1984), Quarter Century Club (1990), the Horton Smith Award (1994) and the Master Professional Award (1989). As a PGA competitor, he made the cut for the PGA Senior's Championship and played in the U.S. Senior Open, both in 1992. Eschenbrenner was inducted into the PGA of America Hall of Fame in 2006.