Oklahoma Football
President Meets with University of Oklahoma Football and Softball Teams
Being the champ, the national champ, is anawesome responsibility. It means not only do you get tocarry a trophy, it means you have the burden of setting the example, ofsaying to young kids, somebody cares about you enough so that we'llhelp you make the right choices in life, so they get to be a champion-- not only on the football fields or on the softball diamonds, but inlife; in life. And so, I am so honored you'rehere. I really appreciate you coming. ... [Read More]
OKLAHOMA-Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Alcohol/Drug Education Program
An important statewide athletic event is the annual Oklahoma Coach's Clinic, at which more than 4,000 Oklahoma coaches meet in Oklahoma City, for two days of workshops. At the clinic, the FCA sponsors a men's breakfast, a ladies luncheon and a booth. At the booth, the FCA distributed traffic safety brochures and promotional cups reading, Buckle Up. A featured speaker at the breakfast and luncheon, provided a traffic safety testimonial. At the 1999 clinic, the head football coach at a local high school described leaving for vacation and remembering to wear his seat belt because he was wearing his game day t-shirt. Less than five miles from home, he was involved in a serious traffic crash, but survived without serious injury. He credited the FCA traffic safety effort with saving his life ... [Read More]
In Focus: Oklahoma's Anita May
Thirty years later, how do humanities programs rate with football games in Oklahoma? "I never counted," May says. "But getting to as many counties and towns as we do with five hundred or so events and grants each year is figuratively comparable." ... When Anita May became director of the Oklahoma Humanities Council in 1976, her goal was to bring Oklahomans as many humanities programs as there were Friday night football games. "People didn't even know what the humanities were," says May. "One of our first ideas was a summer humanist program where scholars could spend a summer working with a community to develop their own programs, but people protested because they thought humanist meant atheist." ... [Read More]
Oklahoma Injury Facts
Among sports/recreation-related injuries, the major subgroups resulting in injury were diving (37%), football (17%), and horseback riding or rodeo (12%). Gunshots accounted for 74% of the violence-related spinal cord injuries; assaults accounted for 18% and stabbings for 8%. SCIs among blacks were more likely to be due to violence (33%) than among Native Americans (13%) and whites (5%). Among motor vehicle-related injuries, occupants of cars accounted for 51% of the injuries followed by pickups (26%) and motorcycles (7%). ... [Read More]
Oklahoma Injury Facts
Football ... Among sports/recreation-related injuries, the major subgroups resulting in injury were diving (40%), football (17%), and horseback riding or rodeo (16%). Gunshots accounted for 73% of the violence-related spinal cord injuries; assaults accounted for 18% and stabbings for 9%. SCIs among blacks were more likely to be due to violence (38%) than among whites (6%) and Native Americans (10%). Among motor vehicle-related injuries, occupants of cars accounted for 49% of the injuries followed by pickups (32%) and motorcycles (8%). ... [Read More]
Oklahoma State Senate Artwork Artist - Mike Wimmer
Mike Wimmer grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma, a town immortalized by Merle Haggard, where one had to learn to use his imagination to find fun. "The one thing I wanted to be more than an illustrator," he says, "was a middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears. As a high school football star, I was honored with many team awards and made the all-state football team. I thought I had it made, but while playing in the all-state game I learned what really big was (I was 205 pounds of raw muscle). I could not see over those guys when they were bent over. One, Paul Parker, weighted in at 302. So I turned my attention to art studies and body-building." ... [Read More]
Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust
Don Cooper, M.D., appointed by the Governor , is Emeritus Director of the Oklahoma State University Student Health Center. With over thirty years experience in sports medicine, Dr. Cooper is known throughout the state as the "Jock Doc". He was an active member of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under Presidents Regan and Bush, a U.S. Olympic team physician for the XIX Olympiad, and a sports medicine consultant to the NCAA Football Rules Committee. Dr. Cooper has served on numerous state and national boards and committees, testified before Congress, appeared on national television shows, and studied and lectured on sports medicine in China and the Soviet Union. In November 1999, Dr. Cooper was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, and was featured in the Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association as a "Leader in Medicine". ... [Read More]
The Academy Skywriter
This person has a myriad of accomplishments! He served as a 19 year old pilot in World War II. After the war, he went to college at Oklahoma City University and has a Master’s Degree from Oklahoma University. Upon graduation, he played professional football for the LA Rams. He has flown missions in the Korean War, Berlin Crisis, and Vietnam. He retired as a Brigadier General from the United States Air Force and joined the FAA. He was also the football coach for Yukon High School and high school principal. He then left the school system to become a sales manager for Beechcraft Distributors. While he was sales manager, he began buying stock in a bank in Southeastern Oklahoma. He served on its Board of Directors and later became the president of the bank. While he was at the bank, he bought a real estate company and an insurance agency; his wife operated the insurance agency. He served as an air carrier operations inspector, Academy instructor and a manager. Some of his awards & honors ar ... [Read More]
US Dept of State
The Heisman Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the “Outstanding College Football Player of the United States”. One of the most-recognized trophies in the world of sports with its unique pose and bronze finish, the Heisman represents excellence and achievement on the football field. First awarded in 1935 to Jay Berwanger of Chicago University, 68 others have been honored as the nation’s best. Notables have included Paul Hornung (Notre Dame, 1956), Roger Staubach (Navy, 1963), two-time winner Archie Griffith (Ohio State, 1974 & 1975), and most recently Jason White (Oklahoma, 2003). ... [Read More]
Stop Impaired Driving: Program Toolkits
Texas Football Game Radio Spot / For Text only ... Oklahoma Football Game Radio Spot / For Text only ... Welcome to TEAM Coalition, Inc.— Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management. We're a 501(c)(3) non-profit coalition that includes Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association, ARAMARK Corporation, the Beer Institute, Anheuser-Busch Companies, Miller Brewing Company, Coors Brewing Company,the International Association of Assembly Managers, Health Communications, Inc., and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ... [Read More]
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