Biographical details | |
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Born | September 15, 1896 |
Died | May 24, 1969 | (aged 72)
Alma mater | Mississippi (M.D. 1922) |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1918–1919 | Ole Miss |
1920 | Mississippi Normal |
1921 | Ole Miss |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1920 | Mississippi Normal |
Basketball | |
1920–1921 | Mississippi Normal |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 4–2–1 (football) 2–2 (basketball) |
Braxton Bragg "Opp" O'Mara (September 15, 1896 – May 24, 1969) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as a football player-coach for one season at the University of Southern Mississippi–then known as Mississippi Normal College–in 1920, compiling a record of 4–2–1.[1] His stint as a player at Hattiesburg was sandwiched between two stints as a player at the University of Mississippi (1918–1919, 1921).[2] O'Mara graduated from the University of Mississippi School of Medicine in 1922.[3]