Big Eight sanctions OU over recruiting violations
The Big Eight probation on the University of Oklahoma includes a ban from post season football and televised games for 1973 and 1974 and a one year ban on two assistant coaches from recruiting. OU forfeits four conference wins and loses the conference championship, with Nebraska gaining the title, while basketball sanctions apply without penalties. Revenue impact to peer Big Eight schools could reach 125000 to 250000 per member. Oklahoma athletic director Wade Walker called the action severe.
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Kansas City
Kerry Jackson
Sooners
Jackson
Nebraska
Ings
Oklahoma
Galveston Ball High School
Steve Davis
Wade Walker
Norman
Okla
Chicago
Kansas_ City
Chuck Fairbanks
Fairbanks
New England Patriots
Bob Devaney
Lincoln
Neb
Clyde Walker
Kansas
Oklahoma Faces Bowl Ban Amid Transcript Forgeries
Oklahoma remains eligible for the 1973 conference title and its pre signed TV contracts after probation for transcript alterations. Coach Barry Switzer accepts the penalty, while players Jackson and Phillips face differing ineligibility outcomes.
All Stars Set to Go In Wichita
Kansas East West high school all star basketball and football classics feature 49 football players and 24 basketball players from 49 schools. East and West squads will compete at Wichita venues with proceeds benefiting the Jaycees Cerebral Palsy Foundation.
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Wichita
Wichita, Kan
Wichita State University
Henry Levitt
Cessna Stadium
WSU
Larned
Leavenworth
Bishop Ward
Kansas City
Kapaun-Mt. Carmel
Ed Whitlock
Kansas City Wyandotte
Charley Moore
Art Buie
The
Kansas Jaycees
Kansas High School Coaches Association
Jaycees Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Augusta
Doctor Lee Earns KU Doctorate in Higher Education
Kansas football assistant coach Bob Lee received a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Kansas this summer and is now called Doctor Lee. He is the second Lee family member to hold a doctorate, joining his wife Mercile who teaches psychology at Ottawa University.
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Kansas
Bob Lee
Jayhawk
Don Fam
Lee
Mercile
Ottawa University
Kansas lands Tell City star guard Paul Warner for KU
Kansas coach Ted Owens announces the signing of Paul Warner a 6-0 175 pound guard from Tell City Indiana High School to a national letter of intent Warner led Tell City to a 25 2 record and No 3 state ranking his senior year averaging 14 5 points and 11 assists per game The Jayhawks have signed seven high school prospects this year joining Norm Cook Bol Emery Dale Haverman Jack Hollis Reuben Shelton Donnie Von Moore and Roger Morningstar from various states.
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Kansas
Ted Owens
Paul Warner
Tell City
Ind
Warner
Indiana
New Albany
Norm Cook
Lincoln
Ill
Bol Emery
Lyndon, Kan
Dale Haverman
Belleville
Jack Hollis
Aurora
Reuben Shelton
St. Louis
Donnie von Moore
Chicago
Burgess Blow Sparks Hawks In Tuneup Win
Chris Burgess delivered a two run single in the bottom of the ninth lifting Lawrence American Legion to a 7 6 win over North Kansas City in a nine inning tuneup. Lawrence faces El Dorado in the Kansas Class A state meet while NKC starts state tourney play. Ice Heinrich Steffen and Burgess had two hits each as Lancers pitchers Lisher Taylor Barker Price and Squires worked the mound.
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Chris Burgess
Lawrence American Legion
North Kansas City
Holcom Complex
Lawrence
el Dorado
McPherson
NKC
Bob Parker
Hawks
Legion
Carl Heinrich
Lee Ice
Ice
Heinrich
David Steffen
Burgess
al Ice
Melvin Lisher
Loren Taylor
Barker
Bob Price
Gary Squires
Squires
Lisher
Kansas Signs Florida Tennis Star Bill Tompkins
Kansas University coach Mike Howard announced the signing of Bill Tompkins from Pine Crest Prep High School Fort Lauderdale. Tompkins ranks sixth among Florida amateurs and is a former doubles champion in the Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl. He is KU’s fourth high school tennis signee this year joining Bill Clarke Shawnee Mission Dennis Cayhill Eagle Catholic Memorial and Paul Waltz Malvern.
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Bill Tompkins
Florida
Kansas
Mike Howard
Tompkins
Pine Crest Prep
Fort Lauderdale
United States Lawn Tennis Assn
Howard
Bill Clarke
Shawnee Mission
Kan
South
Dennis Cayhill
Eagle
Wisc
Catholic Memorial
Paul Waltz
Malvern
Sooners Rally as Switzer Vows Fight After Censure
Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer told OU alumni in Tulsa that the Sooners will fight the Big Eight censure for recruiting violations. The penalties include two years on probation two years off television two years bowl ineligibility loss of 1972 conference title and a year’s loss of quarterback Kerry Jackson. Switzer praised players wire message showing resolve and vowed to pursue a competitive offense as he faces the challenge.
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Kansas State
Kansas
Vince Gibson
Oklahoma
Barry Switzer
Sooners
Big Eight
NCAA
Kerry Jackson
Tulsa
Switzer
Steve Davis
Scott Hill
Tim Welch
Grant Burger
University of Oklahoma
Chuck Fairbanks
New England Patriots
Jackson
Ball High School
Galveston
Kerry
Blalock Clinches Victory as LPGA Antitrust Case Advances
New York AP report notes golfer Jane Blalock wins a major victory as a circuit court denies an LPGA appeal in her anti trust suit. Blalock seeks 5 million dollars claiming the suspension for alleged cheating violated antitrust laws and was a group boycott.
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New York
Jane Blalock
Ladies Professional Golf Association
Miss Blalock
Ladies Professional Golfer’s Association
LPGA
John Russell
Portsmouth
N.H
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