Texan
Encyclopedia
Texan normally refers to someone who originated from, or who lives in, the state of Texas
in the United States of America.
Texan may also refer to:
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
in the United States of America.
Texan may also refer to:
Aircraft
- T-6 TexanT-6 TexanThe North American Aviation T-6 Texan was a single-engine advanced trainer aircraft used to train pilots of the United States Army Air Forces, United States Navy, Royal Air Force and other air forces of the British Commonwealth during World War II and into the 1950s...
, WWII era training plane - T-6 Texan IIT-6 Texan IIThe Beechcraft T-6 Texan II is a single-engined turboprop aircraft built by the Raytheon Aircraft Company . Based on the Pilatus PC-9, the T-6 is used by the United States Air Force for basic pilot training and by the United States Navy for Primary and Intermediate Joint Naval Flight Officer and...
, airplane used by the United States Air Force for basic pilot training
Entertainment
- TexA.N.S., an early band of Maynard James Keenan of the band Tool
- The Texan (fictional character), a character in Catch-22
- The Texan (TV series)The Texan (TV series)The Texan is a Western television series starring popular B movie star Rory Calhoun. It aired on the CBS television network from 1958-1960.-Production notes:...
, starring Rory Calhoun - The Lucky TexanThe Lucky TexanThe Lucky Texan is a 1934 Lonestar Films B-movie western film featuring John Wayne, five years before his breakthrough appearance in Stagecoach, Barbara Sheldon, Gabby Hayes, and legendary stuntman/actor Yakima Canutt. It was directed by Robert N...
, a 1934 Lonestar Films B-movie western film featuring John Wayne
Ships
- USS Texan (ID-1354)USS Texan (ID-1354)USS Texan was a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919.Texan was built in 1902 at Camden, New Jersey, by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation as the passenger ship SS Texan for the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company...
, a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919
Current sports teams
- Houston TexansHouston TexansThe Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
, an NFL football team - The TexansThe TexansThe Texans is a 1938 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by James P. Hogan, and starring by Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott. The screenplay was written by William Wister Haines, Bertram Millhauser and Paul Sloane and is based on the story North of '36 by Emerson Hough.Most of the exterior scenes...
, Tarleton State University's football team
Former sports teams and former names of sports teams
- Houston Texans, a 1974 World Football League team that became the Shreveport SteamerShreveport SteamerThe Shreveport Steamer were a professional American football team in the World Football League. The franchise began the 1974 season in Houston, Texas, as the Houston Texans, who are in no way related to the current NFL team of the same name, playing their home games at the Houston Astrodome...
- Dallas Texans (Arena)Dallas Texans (Arena)The Dallas Texans was an Arena Football League team that played from 1990 to 1993.-History:The team was based in Dallas, Texas. They played their home games in the Reunion Arena, which they shared with the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. The team made the ArenaBowl their...
, an Arena Football League team that played from 1990 to 1993 - Dallas Texans (NFL)Dallas Texans (NFL)The Dallas Texans played in the National Football League for one season, 1952, with a record of 1–11.-History:After the 1951 NFL season, the financially troubled New York Yanks franchise were put on the market. Ted Collins had founded that franchise in 1944 as the Boston Yanks, moved it to New...
, an NFL team in 1952 that became the Baltimore Colts the following season - The Dallas Texans, an American Football League team of 1960–1962 that became the Kansas City Chiefs
- San Antonio TexansSan Antonio TexansThe San Antonio Texans were a Canadian Football League team that played in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, in the 1995 CFL season. They had relocated from Sacramento, California, where the team had been called the Sacramento Gold Miners...
, a Canadian Football League team that played during the 1995 season