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Cliff Ozmun, a 6-5 forward from Harrah, Oklahoma, was one of Coach Bob Bass' early recruits.
Ozmun helped Bass take significant steps up the basketball ladder as his teams improved each year: 1952-53, 4-10 in conference play for sixth place; 1953-54, 6-8 for fourth place; 1954-55, 9-5 for second place; and 1955-56, 10-4 for a first-place tie.
He scored 1,329 career points and averaged 10.3, 8.9, 14.7, and 19.3, respectively. Rebounding records are not available for 1953 and 1954, but he averaged 14.2 boards in 1955 and 14.7 in 1956. He led the Bison in scoring and rebounding each of his last two seasons.
Ozmun ranks 16th in career scoring; third in career free throws made (523); and fourth in career free throws attempted (631). (He was a career 71 percent free throw shooter.)
Among OBU season records, he ranks first and third in rebound average, 14.7 and 14.2.
Ozmun was a first-team All-Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference selection in 1955 and 1956.
After graduating from OBU, he coached and taught at Noble (Oklahoma) High School and then was head basketball coach and instructor at Wayland Baptist University for six years.
He moved to Illinois Central College in Peoria where he taught until retirement.
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