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Bennie Owen
Record as OU basketball coach: 113-49 (.698)
Besides having the OU football field named in his honor, Bennie Owen essentially established the basketball program at OU. He was the OU basketball coach for 13 years (1909-21) and coached OU's first All-American (Ernest Lambert, 1910). There is a new biography out on Bennie Owen that OU sports history buffs might find interesting. The linked article below discusses the book.
Tulsa World / John E. Hoover: New biography sheds light on Sooners legend Bennie Owen
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...cle_4797aeb8-0c5c-57a5-b71c-fe04ee42f3d4.html
Book at Amazon:
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Oklahomas-Bennie-Owen-Sports-Gary/dp/1626199493/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431279376&sr=8-1&keywords=Oklahoma%E2%80%99s+Bennie+Owen%3A[/ame]
Record as OU basketball coach: 113-49 (.698)
Besides having the OU football field named in his honor, Bennie Owen essentially established the basketball program at OU. He was the OU basketball coach for 13 years (1909-21) and coached OU's first All-American (Ernest Lambert, 1910). There is a new biography out on Bennie Owen that OU sports history buffs might find interesting. The linked article below discusses the book.
Tulsa World / John E. Hoover: New biography sheds light on Sooners legend Bennie Owen
http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...cle_4797aeb8-0c5c-57a5-b71c-fe04ee42f3d4.html
Book at Amazon:
[ame]http://www.amazon.com/Oklahomas-Bennie-Owen-Sports-Gary/dp/1626199493/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431279376&sr=8-1&keywords=Oklahoma%E2%80%99s+Bennie+Owen%3A[/ame]