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Louis C. Chisholm

  • Class
    1940
  • Induction
    1983
  • Sport(s)
    Track & Field, Football, Men's Basketball

Louis C. (Chick) Chisholm earned eight letters in three sports at OBU.

An end in football, he played on the 1937, 1938, and 1939 teams which compiled a 21-9-1 record. The 1937 and 1938 teams finished second in the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference. Chisholm, from Haileyville, Oklahoma, was a second-team All OCAC selection in 1937 and 1938. He was a first-team end on the Associated Press' 1938 All Oklahoma Collegiate Team and was the captain of the 1939 Bison football team.

He played two seasons of basketball, averaging 4.8 and 4.2, respectively, on teams which were scoring in the low 30s.

In track Chisholm participated in field events and was named outstanding athlete at the 1939 conference meet after finishing first in pole vault, javelin, and long jump. In 1940 he finished first in the discus.

After graduation, he taught and coached at several schools and then went to work for Rock Island Railroad. He became a labor official with the Switchmen's Union of North America. He lived in Ponca City until his death in 1987. 
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