Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson (April 23, 1916 – February 9, 1994) was a Hall of Fame American football coach for the University of Oklahoma.. He was also an American football player, broadcaster, and politician.
Wilkinson's mother died when he was seven, and his father sent him to the Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault, Minnesota, where he excelled in five sports and graduated in 1933. He enrolled at the University of Minnesota, where, as a...
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Charles Burnham "Bud" Wilkinson (April 23, 1916 – February 9, 1994) was a Hall of Fame American football coach for the University of Oklahoma.. He was also an American football player, broadcaster, and politician.
Wilkinson's mother died when he was seven, and his father sent him to the Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault, Minnesota, where he excelled in five sports and graduated in 1933. He enrolled at the University of Minnesota, where, as a guard and quarterback for head coach Bernie Bierman, Wilkinson helped lead the Golden Gophers to three consecutive national championships from 1934-36. He also played hockey for the University of Minnesota. Following his graduation in 1937 with a degree in English, he led the College All-Stars to a 6-0 victory over the defending NFL champion Green Bay Packers in Chicago on August 31.
Wilkinson briefly worked for his father's mortgage company, then became an assistant coach at Syracuse and later back at Minnesota.
In 1943 he joined the U.S....
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