“Father” Bailey Ricketts coached the team to the 1957 OSSAA State 4 Ball Team Title played in Oklahoma City at Lincoln Park Golf Course. It was a 54 hole event over 3 days. The Wildcats team took the State Championship by 14 strokes over Muskogee, 962 to 976. Leading the team and finishing 3rd place as an individual ...
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Over a span of 45 years, he was a competitor, coach, official, chairman of state, national and Olympic Committees as well as an employee of Phillips Petroleum Company. From coaching swimming at the Bartlesville YMCA, to starting the swimming program and coaching the Bartlesville Public Schools swimming program, he went on ...
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He was named to the 1967 Tulsa World and Daily Oklahoman All-State Football Teams as a quarterback, followed by 1968 All-State Basketball Teams by the Tulsa World and Oklahoma Journal, and ending his high school career as #1 Singles State Tennis Champion in the spring of 1968. At the University of Oklahoma, Martin was a ...
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Green made the 1950’s All-Decade Team, scoring 3 touchdowns in the All-State Game. He was NJCAA 1st Team All-American at Northeastern Oklahoma A & M in 1957 and went on to the University of Florida for a distinguished career as a punter. Green was chosen to the University of Florida All-Time Team in 1983 as First ...
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Only 180 pounds and 6 foot, Wilkinson called him “one of the best defensive halfbacks we’ve ever had. He’s smart, a good leader, great tackler, has great desire and blankets passes. Baker is the killer type.” David still holds the OU bowl record for an interception return for a touchdown (94 yards vs. Duke in ...
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