University of Oklahoma - Sooner Yearbook (Norman, OK)

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we Tsar so if 1974: Year of a tearr if A .fi . . Q. 1 ,y N . -5 rl 1974 Oklahoma Sooners. Above--Front row: Joe McReynolds, Tony DiRienzo, Edward Williams. Tyrell Jackson, Steve Davis, Scott Hill. Shane Corrotto, Lee Hover, Bob Stacy. John Carroll. Second row: Butch Hill, Pat Hussey, Joe Washington, Grant Burget, Randy Hendricks, Frank Rohr. Jerry Reese, Greg Hut- chens. Keith Thomas, Richard McCampbell. Third Row: Ted Phillips, Bill Dalke. Gary Gibbs, Jim Littrell. Rod Shoate, Calvin Harris, Russ Williamsonj Marty Brecht. George Davis. Kyle Davis. Barry Switzer. Fourth row: -Jaime Melendez. Gary Bailey, -John Roush. Jay Holman, Reed Coody. Gary Bishop, Don Morton. Larry Duke. Terry Webb. Fifth row: Chez Evans. Dave Hudgens, Brent Cargill, Jeff Emel. Leo Martin, Mike Vaughan, Truman Westlall, Michael Spencer, Wayne Hoffman, Billy Brooks. Sixth row: Larry Tate, John Barresi, Joe Hale, Jim Helms, Gene Hochevar, Rex Norris, Larry Lacewell, Jack Baer, Bill Shimek, Wendell Mosley, Jerry Pettibone. Below--Front Row: Tinker Owens, Doug Pearson, Kerry Jackson. Mike Birks, Tony Peters, Ken Crosswhite, Terry Myers, Randy Hughes, Bob Berg, Sidney Brown, Larry Briggs. Second row: Clyde Russell, Eric VanCamp. Horace lvory. Waymon Clark. E. N. Simon. Ron Waters, Jerry Foster, Roger Owens, Gary Young. Jamie Thomas. Steve Larghe, Third row: Ralph Kulbeth, Todd Dutton, Jeff Bodin, Gary Barnoski. Jell Cox, Jimbo Elrod, Dennis Buchanan. Obie Moore, Steve Kunkle. Robbie Green, Steve Ludwig. Fourth row: Jim Taylor David Sullivan. Dick Dutton, Tyrone Armstrong. Lonnie Wright, Rick Evans. Anthony Bryant, Jim Dodds, Drake Aridarakes. Jerry Arnold. Fifth row: Kirk Killion, Craig Lund. Gary Potters, Mike Mitchell. Marshall Cantrell. Duane Baccus, Mike Phillips, John Randolph, Dewey Selmon. Victor Brown. LeRoy Selmon. Sixth row: Don Jimerson, Don Duncan. Steve Barrett. Galen Hall. Warren Harper, Bobby Proctor, Ken Rawlinson, Barry Brady, George Waldrond. David Bentley 31 if ' fs. 'F lajl K . A 1 V A L N, I 3 -9 V v T I l-ir . -I. 11' Xi n it 'ff 0 . - i -1f X, l 4'-.1 - ' .' - . 3 NV' a f r QE ry., ji I, ,Qi V QM wg' XXX f tg 5 -L, ' 'ii Y Ii' A Vi V v - Nil! . T G ' I T r 'P---s, A .sv i ' lg ' . 1. 1 - t .1 .' : 'X f 4' W4 c '. f - 1 1 1 f A tit eer ' 1' . 1, fi 'NX , 1 s v . - -- K F - A J I 4..-..z ' ' f- 5 l PF , Rl . . i 1 X 57' . ' ' 15 5' .ef 1 Q f. 1 1 f f ' 1 1 A 11- -f i ma 1 1. 1 je, ' he v - 1 S- 1 1 - 1- - - 1 sf- . 5 . ay- 'P' V V1 ' A . ' l JA ' , 'f U' T , -:- . 'T . Vw , . mi ., , . .Q . x ,N x 3 , , - i5rfsTl...- 1 'f' - i ' I ' 1 1 ' 1 - .Rfk Ula . 1' T X V' 'f 'f ' 'Wh A - '1 , .'?4 5 rf 1 i- ' - .- ' V -. -4 I ': 'N H 'X' I l 1 X- f' 1- X17 V ' ' ' - ' 1 t kww A sil ly' 'K X' A W' N' ,f l W. fx ' 'G 4' 1' f n' alueillii' - 9, r V . ' J X 51 .1 . -1 , 5 . A' 1. ,N 1 ,Av ,,,g.,. 'g, Q , L: 'a i' . V g l ' ' Q' 4 'I .t o . Carb. - X W iff - 1 4 ie- ' ' -e '- T .fly . . L.. -aria! 1, rr T -'ee' 1 - '- rl X' .qi 'll 'ag TJ In ggi iii j g 'il , ik , ,HI A , i . , . i f wg .g X if-,kv , ' ,srl-is X .,,ir1ww '1 . s ... 'if . A f .. 4, e g 1 .ina 1. f 1 1, , 'DN -' N' is , ,R gy ' . ,- X f 4 - 1 fs- - ' it il 'J ' ft ll X lllrlll .' I- ll v -, lxfjllmjxlllla 'll J , ,Sal 1' I F - X 1' H ' ' 12, , Tit ll 5 A my . TT ' l l A in .PT S V ll so i TT, V 5 NT' I .V Kb 1 Tl' F.. LIN TT i ' .- .' V ' . I 1 V Q 14 K- ,' Ll N 1 l , Q TV - .Ly . V . V - , . I girl! , . s A . ,. ,11 1 ge A ', f n A a . .1 fc ' , . . s -A egg . I J ,i . - if 'T - a-. iQ5tf As. 1 Q. 1--A sri.. .,