Brutus “Pete” Beall of Cushing, Oklahoma, was a key member of OBU’s very successful relay teams in the late 1920s. In 1926 he won the 100- and 220-yard dashes and was a member of the winning mile-relay team in the conference meet.
In 1927 in the conference meet, Beall won the 100-, 220-, and 440-yard dashes, setting a state record in the 100. He was the anchor man on the 1927 880-yard relay team which won at the Texas, Rice, Oklahoma, and Kansas Relays, and finished second at Drake, and a member of the mile-relay team which won at the Texas, Oklahoma, and Drake Relays.
In 1928, he won the 440 at the Oklahoma Relays and was a member of the undefeated 880-relay team which won at the Texas, Rice, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Drake Relays. He set a record of 9.9 in the 100-yard dash in the 1928 conference meet and won the 220 and was on the winning mile-relay team.
Co-captain of the 1929 track team, he was a member of winning relay teams in the 880 at the Texas (new record) and Southern Methodist University Relays and the mile at the Texas (new record), SMU, Kansas, and Drake Relays.
Beall, now deceased, taught physics in high schools in Cushing and Tulsa.
