Lawton Fort Sill sports year in review top ten
Lawton and Fort Sill dominated local sports in 1955 with swift pennants six 20 game winners and record book shifts. Braves led by Hendrickson Dudley and Williams. Cameron Aggies excelled in football basketball and field house funding. golf courses and bowling venues expanded local sports footprint.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Braves
Travis Jackson
Dale Hendrickson
Bob Dudley
New Year's Bowl Binge Sets Monday Clash of Top Teams
The 1955 season ends with eight major post season games across Miami New Orleans Dallas Pasadena and Dixies belt televised nationwide. Oklahoma faces Maryland in the Orange Bowl with a 29 game win streak and 7 point favorite hype. Michigan State meets UCLA in the Rose Bowl while Georgia Tech battles Pittsburgh in the Sugar Bowl and Texas Christian meets Mississippi in the Cotton Bowl. Buzzy notes include All-America stars McDonald Morrall Swink and Grier amid strong crowd and gate expectations.
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Miami
New Orleans
Dallas
Pasadena
Calif
Dixie
Sunshine Belt
Oklahoma
Maryland
Associated Press
Michigan State
UCLA
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
Pitt
Bobby Grier
Texas Christian
Mississippi
NBC
CBS
ABC
Tommy McDonald
Sooners
Terrapins
Jim Tatum
McDonald
Robert Pelligrini
Earl Morrall
Banks
James D. Brown
Jim Swink
Horned Frogs
TCU
Swink
Dillard Named Top Amateur
Harrison Bones Dillard, two time Olympic champion and U S State Department goodwill envoy, was named 1955 Sullivan Memorial Trophy winner as the nation’s outstanding amateur athlete. He led ballots with 1 375 points from 658 votes, beating Pat Keller McCormick and Howard Cassady.
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New York
Harrison
Bones) Dillard
James E. Sullivan
AAU
Dillard
U. S. State Department
Mal Whitfield
Tribunal of
Pat Keller McCormick
Los Angeles
Lineups seek revenge as Oklahoma and Maryland clash
Maryland brings ten players from the 1950 title team including All-America center Bob Pellegrini. Coaches Bruce Drake of Oklahoma and Bud Wilkinson deploy distinct prep styles, with Tatum favoring brutal scrimmages and Wilkinson emphasizing plays and mental conditioning. If both teams play perfectly, Oklahoma star Tommy McDonald’s speed may decide the game as he notches 16 rushing touchdowns this season.
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Maryland
Bob Pellegrini
Pellegrini
Oklahoma
Tatum
Wilkinson
Tommy McDonald
McDonald
Bud Wilkinson
Sooners
Jim Tatum
Orr Leads Commodore Gator Bowl Triumph
Vanderbilt quarterback Don Orr sparkled to a 25-13 upset of Auburn in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. Orr passed for 67 yards and ran for two touchdowns, guiding the Cinderella Commodores to victory over the Plainsmen before 36,000 fans and a national TV audience.
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Phil King
Vanderbilt
Auburn
Ernest Danjean
M. L. Brackett
Jacksonville
Fla
Don Orr
Commodores
Big Plainsmen
Miami
Joe Stephenson
Vandy
Tommy Woodroof
Smicu Avltcwoa
Lcucuveliuie Luii
Associated Press
Orr
Charley Horton
Howell Tubbs
Fob James
Bobby Hoppe
Joe Childress
Jerry Strum
Harold Brown
Woodroof
Tubbs
Stephenson
Kentucky Triumphs in Blue Gray Classic 20-19
Southern College All-Stars, led by Bob Hardy of Kentucky, edged the Northern invaders 20-19 in the Blue Gray game at Montgomery. Highlights included Schnellenberger catching 28-yard TD, Baldacci 2-yard plunge, Harkrader, Keller and Gonza les contributing scores and the South holding a 12-5 series edge.
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Baldacci
Michigan
Zyzda
Purdue
Malaska
Harkrader
Ohio State
Nesota
Falls
Wardy
Kentucky
Plunge
Schnellenberger
Hardy
Keller
North Carolina
Gonzales
LSU
Montgomery
Ala
Bob Hardy
Southern College All-Stars
Haluska
Jerry Harkrader
Ohio
Staite
Davis
Grays
Kenneth Keller
Vince Gonzales
Blues
Rebels
Yanks
Prairie View Favored in Prairie View Bowl Game
Prairie View Panthers carry a 7 2 1 record and are strong favorites to beat Fisk University of Nashville in the Prairie View Bowl at Public School Stadium Monday with about 10 000 fans expected for a 2 p m kickoff.
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Houston
Tex
Prairie View Panthers
Fisk University of Nashville
Tenn
Patna
Staum
Dodgers Sweep Sporting News Men of Year Awards
The world champion Brooklyn Dodgers swept the three major league Men of the Year awards announced by The Sporting News. Walter O Malley was named outstanding executive, Walt Alston top manager, and Duke Snider player of the year.
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ST. Louis
Brooklyn Dodgers
Sporting News
Walter O’malley
Walt Alston
Duke Snider
Bowl Lineup: Postseason Games With Teams and Broadcasts
Postseason bowls listed with site, matchups, records, start times in EST, attendance, receipts, and radio television plans. Rose Oklahoma Michigan State Georgia Tech Pittsburgh Texas Christian Mississippi Texas Tech Wyvering Texas El Paso Juniata Missouri Valley Prairie View Tennessee A&I Senior Bowl Mobile lineups and dates.
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Madena
Calif
UCLA
Michigan State
NBC
Miami
Fla
Oklahoma
Maryland
CBS
Sugar Bowl
New Orleans
Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh
ABC
Cotton Bowl
Dallas
Tex
Texas Christian
Mississippi
el Paso
Texas Tech
Wyvering
Orlando
Jun
OU Gridmen Are Honored by Touchdown Club
The Touchdown Club of Washington named Oklahoma the outstanding college football team of the year for 1955. Bo Bolinger co captain will receive the prize at the banquet on January 7. Lt. Merril Mavraides of Bolling Air Force Base was chosen as outstanding service player, slated to receive a trophy as well.
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Aggies
Mac O'Dell
Cameron
Betty Mullen
Bob Clotworthy
LHS
Scott Brown
Yeahqua
Wanda Jones
Barbara Waid
Lawtonian
Ray Hobbs
Southwestern State College
Cecil Morris
Lawton
Lou Whiteley
Wolves
Washington
Touchdown Club of Washington Today
Oklahoma
Associated Press
Bo Bolinger
Cocaptain
Merril Mavraides
Bolling Air Force Base
Mavraides
Notre Dame
Bolling
Deadlock Possible In Orange Classic
Oklahoma and Maryland ready for a head to head Orange Bowl showpiece in Miami Florida with 76062 in attendance and CBS coverage at 1 15 p m CST Oklahoma prized for speed faces Maryland rugged defense in a game seen as a likely close contest.
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Miami
Fla
Oklahoma
Maryland
Sooners
CBS Television Network
Oklahoma Maryland Orange Bowl telecast on KSWO TV
KSWO TV Channel 7 will air the Orange Bowl between Oklahoma and Maryland on Monday afternoon starting at 12 45 p m Oklahoma time. Kickoff is set for 1 15 p m.
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Lawton
Kswo - TV
Oklahoma
Maryland
Stewart Quits As Head Of City Baseball Group
L. C. (Cy) Stewart resigns after six of nine years as president of Lawton Baseball Club. He turns over his stock to the organization and cites workload, plans to fish this summer, with stockholders to elect a new president for the 1956 season. Four men own stock: Ted Warkentin Ralph Currell Bill Williams and Dr H B Collins. The club has loss eight years, profits only in 1949, and won the pennant three times. The late Gus Allen previously headed the club two years.
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L. C
Ted Warkentin
Ralph Currell
Bill Williams
H. B. Collins
Waurika
B. A
Gus) Allen
Williams
Lawton
Stewart
Golf Meeting Set Monday in Lawton Fort Sill
The Lawton Fort Sill Golf Association will hold its first regular meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in the Municipal golf course clubhouse. John Stanard Ed Hesler Jack Greer Willard Baker Herman Hughes and Joe Noviello form the five man steering committee to draft a constitution for approval at the session. Members pay one dollar for a year.
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Lawton- Fort Sill
Lawton
Fort Sill
Lawton and Sill
Stanard
Association
Heatly Sparkles As Airmen Romp Rice Bowl Victory
TOKYO Japan Dec 31 The Air Force All-Stars beat the Army All-Stars 33 14 in the Rice Bowl as running back George Rice opened holes for long gains including 95 and 98 yard TD runs while Dick Heatly ex Oklahoma QB threw for a score and scored once.
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Tokyo
Japan
George Rice
Dick Heatly
Air Force All - Stars
Army All-Stars
Rice
University of Iowa
Heatly
Oklahoma
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