Texan

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A Texan is a person who originated from, or who lives in the state of Texas, in the United States.

Texan may also refer to:

Aircraft

• T-6 Texan, World War II era training plane
• T-6 Texan II, airplane used by the United States Air Force for basic pilot training
• Fly Synthesis Texan, an Italian ultralight aircraft

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 Texans, 1938 film starring Joan Bennett and Randolph Scott
• The Texan, CBS TV series from 1958–1960 starring Rory Calhoun
• The Lucky Texan, a 1934 Lonestar Films B-movie Western film featuring John Wayne

Newspapers

• The Daily Texan, the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin

Ships

• USS Texan (ID-1354), a United States Navy cargo ship and troop transport in commission from 1918 to 1919

Sports

Current sports teams

• Houston Texans, National Football League (NFL) team based in Houston, Texas
• Tarleton State Texans and TexAnns, NCAA Division II athletic program representing Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas
• Dallas Texans Soccer Club, American amateur soccer club based in Dallas, Texas

Former sports teams and former names of sports teams

• Houston Texans, a 1974 World Football League team that became the Shreveport Steamer
• Dallas Texans (Arena), an Arena Football League team that played from 1990 to 1993
• Dallas Texans (NFL), an NFL team in 1952
• The Dallas Texans, an American Football League team of 1960–1962 that became the Kansas City Chiefs
• San Antonio Texans, a Canadian Football League team that played during the 1995 season
• Dallas Texans (AHA), 1941–1942 team in the American Hockey Association
• Dallas Texans (USHL), 1945–1949 team in the United States Hockey League (1945–1951)

Other uses

• Texan (chocolate bar), a type of chocolate-based confectionery

See also

• Texas (disambiguation)
• Texian
• Tejano

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