Oklahoma's Bennie Owen: Man for All Seasons (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540213662)

Before Bob and Barry, even before Bud, there was Bennie, and he might have been the best of them all. He was certainly the most innovative. Best remembered as the mentor of the University of Oklahoma's football team from 1905 through 1926, Bennie Owen also coached baseball and basketball and served as the director of athletics. He retired as intramural director at the age of seventy-five. A visionary and a builder, he exerted the driving force that created the university's Memorial Stadium, one field house, Memorial Union building, men's swimming pool, baseball field and bleachers, concrete tennis courts, nine-hole golf course and intramural playing fields. A true man of all seasons, he laid the foundation for a Sooner tradition of excellence--in football and beyond.

Author: Gary King
ISBN-10: 1540213668
ISBN-13: 9781540213662
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2015
Pages: 210
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d