There have been a number of Golden Hurricane players in the Super Bowl. Off the top of my head: Howard Twilley (Miami Dolphins); Drew Pearson (Cowboys); Tony Liscio (Cowboys); Lovie Smith (Head Coach Chicago Bears); Jerry Ostroski (Buffalo Bills); Wes Hamilton (Vikings). I am sure there are a few more.
When TU played Georgia Tech in the Humanitarian Bowl my wife and youngest son traveled to Boise on a charter flight put together by TU. My son was about 13 years old. Our flight back to Tulsa was delayed for several hours. My son roamed around the airport. At one point, he came up to me and said that he met a guy with a Super Bowl ring and he wanted me to meet him. It was Howard Twilley. Howard and I had met before at TU events. He took his ring off and let my son handle it. The ring was from the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins team.
In 1993 I was at a head table of a banquet honoring the great Harlem Globetrotter, Marques Haynes. I sat between Haynes and his son-in-law, Drew Pearson. Pearson was not wearing a Super Bowl ring that night. Marques Haynes gave me a signed basketball that night. I told Drew Pearson that I always rooted for him except when he played against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
My last Super Bowl contact was with a Tulsan but not a TU alum. I was standing in the check out line at the Home Depot on South Delaware one Saturday morning. An older man had on a Boston Red Sox cap. I asked him if he was from Boston. He said no but he used to visit with the Red Sox when he worked out at Yankee Stadium and the Red Sox were there. I asked him what he was doing at Yankee Stadium and he said he played for the New York Giants football team. After a little more conversation I recognized that the man was Don "Babe" Chandler, the Green Bay Packers kicker in the first two Super Bowls. Chandler played at Will Rogers High and the University of Florida. His sons started the Rib Crib BBQ chain.
When TU played Georgia Tech in the Humanitarian Bowl my wife and youngest son traveled to Boise on a charter flight put together by TU. My son was about 13 years old. Our flight back to Tulsa was delayed for several hours. My son roamed around the airport. At one point, he came up to me and said that he met a guy with a Super Bowl ring and he wanted me to meet him. It was Howard Twilley. Howard and I had met before at TU events. He took his ring off and let my son handle it. The ring was from the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins team.
In 1993 I was at a head table of a banquet honoring the great Harlem Globetrotter, Marques Haynes. I sat between Haynes and his son-in-law, Drew Pearson. Pearson was not wearing a Super Bowl ring that night. Marques Haynes gave me a signed basketball that night. I told Drew Pearson that I always rooted for him except when he played against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
My last Super Bowl contact was with a Tulsan but not a TU alum. I was standing in the check out line at the Home Depot on South Delaware one Saturday morning. An older man had on a Boston Red Sox cap. I asked him if he was from Boston. He said no but he used to visit with the Red Sox when he worked out at Yankee Stadium and the Red Sox were there. I asked him what he was doing at Yankee Stadium and he said he played for the New York Giants football team. After a little more conversation I recognized that the man was Don "Babe" Chandler, the Green Bay Packers kicker in the first two Super Bowls. Chandler played at Will Rogers High and the University of Florida. His sons started the Rib Crib BBQ chain.