Tom Churchill (athlete)

Tom Churchill
Churchill's OU basketball photo
CollegeOklahoma
ConferenceMissouri Valley (1927–28)
Big Six (1928–30)
SportBaseball
Basketball
Football
PositionPitcher
Forward
End
BornFebruary 26, 1908
Blair, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died(1963-04-29)April 29, 1963 (aged 55)
Sacramento, California, U.S.
High schoolCentral (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Honors
Basketball:

Football:

Championships
Basketball:
  • Missouri Valley (1928)
  • Big Six (1929)

Baseball:

  • Big Six (1930)

Thomas Churchill Sr. (February 26, 1908 – April 29, 1963)[1] was an American star athlete in the 1920s who participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands as a decathlete, and was a multi-sport standout for the University of Oklahoma between 1927–28 and 1929–30.[2]

  1. ^ Goins, Charles Robert (2006). Historical Atlas of Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-8061-3483-3.
  2. ^ "Tom Churchill". The Jim Thorpe Association. Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 5, 2011.[permanent dead link]