Overview
Since 1895, the University of Oklahoma football program has amassed some impressive numbers: seven national championships, 47 consecutive wins, 44 conference championships, 28 bowl wins, five Heisman Trophy winners, and more than 150 All-America players. In Legends of Oklahoma Sooners Football, Ray Dozier profiles 36 players and coaches who provided the talent and inspiration that put Sooner football on the national sports landscape. Many of those legends played before the dawn of the television era, but standouts such as Forest “Spot”Geyer, Tommy McDonald, Prentice Gautt (the first black football player at the University of Oklahoma), Clendon Thomas, and Bob Kalsu remain alive and well in the hearts and minds of loyal Sooner fans. The legends of Sooner stars such as Steve Owens, Joe Washington, Jack Mildren, the Selmon brothers, Billy Sims, Greg Pruitt, Tony Casillas, Brian Bosworth, Adrian Peterson, and Sam Bradford continue to grow with time. Coaching legends include Bennie Owen, Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer, and the all-time leader in wins, Bob Stoops. Legends of Oklahoma Sooners Football chronicles the players, coaches, rivalries, and events that transformed a club team that played its first games on a dusty territorial prairie into a national powerhouse. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team. Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Full Product Details
Author: Ray Dozier
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Imprint: Sports Publishing LLC
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 0.708kg
ISBN: 9781613217252
ISBN 10: 1613217250
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 06 November 2014
Audience:
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
A must for fans of this franchise. All the great ones are here like Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer, the Selmon Brothers and more. --Behind the Bombers
A must for fans of this franchise. All the great ones are here like Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer, the Selmon Brothers and more. --Behind the Bombers A must for fans of this franchise. All the great ones are here like Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer, the Selmon Brothers and more. --Behind the Bombers
Author Information
Ray Dozier is the author of the Oklahoma Football Encyclopedia, now in its second edition, and has written for two metro daily publications and for Sooners Illustrated.
