The Torchbearers

{{Short description|Sculpture in Austin, Texas, U.S.}}

{{Other uses|Torchbearer (disambiguation){{!}}Torchbearer}}

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| artist = Charles Umlauf

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| material = Bronze

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The Torchbearers is a 1962 bronze sculpture by Charles Umlauf, installed outside the Flawn Academic Center on the University of Texas at Austin campus in Austin, Texas, United States.{{cite journal|title=Alumni Notes|journal=The Alcalde|date=September–October 1991|volume=80|issue=1|page=54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|access-date=August 5, 2015|publisher=Emmis Communications|archive-date=August 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813135001/https://books.google.com/books?id=_NYDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54|url-status=live}} It was cast in Milan at the Fonderia Battaglia.{{cite journal|title=Strong, Silent Type: The Outdoor Sculptures on Campus Can Tell Stories to Those Who'll Stop and Listen|journal=The Alcalde|date=May 1999|volume=87|issue=5|page=48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3M4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48|access-date=August 5, 2015|archive-date=August 13, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813135001/https://books.google.com/books?id=3M4DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48|url-status=live}}