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Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson (April 23, 1916 – February 9, 1994) was an American football player, coach, broadcaster, and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1947 to 1963, compiling a record of 145–29–4.
Bud Wilkinson valued the kind of people who played football for him and what they learned about discipline, readiness and character.
Feb 11, 1994 · Bud Wilkinson, the football coach whose University of Oklahoma teams won three national championships in the 1950's and a record 47 consecutive games during a five-season span, died on...
Bud Wilkinson valued the kind of people who played football for him and what they learned about discipline, readiness and character. Granted, Wilkinson won football games - more in one stretch than any major-college coach in history.
1969. Sport (s) Whenever today's football buffs turn the conversation to modern-day coaches and gridiron dynasties, the name Bud Wilkinson is certain to dominate the chatter.
Feb 10, 1994 · ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Bud Wilkinson, who coached University of Oklahoma football teams to three national championships, 14 Big Seven and Big Eight Conference titles and six New year's Day bowl victories while compiling a 145-29-4 record in 17 seasons, died of congestive heart failure late Wednesday night at his home in St. Louis, Mo. He was 77.
Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson, born April 23, 1916, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was only thirty-one when he became the University of Oklahoma (OU) head football coach in 1947. He created a college football empire during his seventeen years with the Sooners.
Charles Burnham " Bud " Wilkinson (April 23, 1916 – February 9, 1994) was an American football player, coach, broadcaster, and politician. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1947 to 1963, compiling a record of 145–29–4.
Wilkinson was an excellent quarterback and guard on coach Bernie Bierman's Minnesota teams of 1934 through 1936, before going to the University of Oklahoma and compiling one of the best records in modern football history. Over 17 years, Wilkinson's Sooners rolled to a 145-29-4 record.
Feb 11, 1994 · Bud Wilkinson, 77, who coached the Oklahoma Sooners to three college football national championships, died of congestive heart failure Feb. 9 in St. Louis. He had suffered several...
