Theresa Najera / Valley Morning Star Desi Najera, who played quarterback for the Brownsville Eagles in the late ’60s, helped the 1969 team reach the third round of the postseason. As the decade came to an end in 1969, so did a cultural era. For nearly 10 years, the United States had put up with a youthful movement of free love and free will. But in the southern most tip of Texas, Brownsville wasn't too mindful of the counter culture movement or radical political activists. At least not the hardcore high school football fans. Thirty-nine years ago it was quarterback Desi Najera, defensive back Ruben Fernandez and the Amazing Brownsville Eagles that captured the Valley's heart. The ‘69 Eagles are the focus of No. 39 on the Valley Morning Star's "By The Numbers" series. "We were a team," Najera said. "There wasn't one or two...
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