In 1920, the inaugural season of the National Football League (NFL), 11 veterans of Major League Baseball (MLB) (including George Halas and Jim Thorpe) became the first athletes to accomplish the feat. Since 1970, only seven athletes have done so, including Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders.
The Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836), the first Anglo-American constitution to govern Texas, was drafted by a convention of fifty-nine delegates who assembled at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 1, 1836 (see CONVENTION OF 1836).
The current constitution is among the longest of state constitutions in the United States; since its initial adoption in 1876, the legislature has proposed 666 constitutional amendments, and 662 have gone before Texas voters, 483 have been approved by the electorate and 179 have been defeated.he Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that describes the structure and function of the government of the U.S. State of Texas.