Group Wants Site for Youth Football

East Austin - A group led by ex-Dallas Cowboys star Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson wants to build a youth football field on the site of the old L.C. Anderson High School field.

Henderson says it would be a "field of dreams," referring to the Anderson Yellowjackets football greats who once played there, like Richard "Night Train" Lane.

The field would be built on the west parking lot of the Austin school district's Alternative Learning Center, the site of the old Anderson campus at 900 Neal St.

Under the plan, Henderson's East Side Youth Services and Street Outreach would raise the money to remove the parking lot and build a football field that would be used by the Greater East Austin Youth Association.

The school board tentatively has approved the plan, pending details to be worked out in a joint-use agreement.