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Bud Wilkinson and the rise of Oklahoma football / John Scott ; foreword by Joseph Harroz, Jr.
Van Pelt Library GV939.W48 S36 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, John Prosser, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wilkinson, Bud, 1916-1994.
- Wilkinson, Bud.
- University of Oklahoma--Football--History--20th century.
- University of Oklahoma.
- Football coaches--United States--Biography.
- Football coaches.
- Football.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 358 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "Tells the story of how, in 1947, thirty-one-year-old Bud Wilkinson was named head coach of the University of Oklahoma's football program and led the team on its meteoric rise from mediocrity to its present status as a perennial powerhouse. Includes vignettes of Wilkinson's closest coaching friends (Royal, Bryant, Leahy, Sanders, Blaik, Tatum) and serves as an authoritative and entertaining history of the sport that will appeal to all college football fans. "-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I The Victorious Veterans
- 1947
- 1948
- 1949
- pt. II The Dynasty Begins
- 1950
- 1951
- 1952
- pt. III The Glory Years
- 1953
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- pt. IV The Torch is Passed
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- pt. V The Fall and Resurrection
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780806175546
- 0806175540
- OCLC:
- 1243263351
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