The last of the drop-kickers, Prentiss Mooney was one of OBU's top football players in the early days of Coach Victor C. Hurt's gridiron tenure.

Mooney, a Shawnee native, was a unanimous coaches' selection for the 1924 All Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Team.

As the only unanimous choice, he was named honorary team captain. He was OBU's team captain for the 1924 season.

Mooney became a legend with his drop-kicked field goals.

For example, the Bison defeated Southeastern 6-0 in Durant behind two of his drop kicks, and, against Southwestern at Weatherford on Thanksgiving Day, he had a spectacular 50-yard drop kick field goal in an 8-0 victory.

Mooney played basketball in the 1923-24 season, leading the team in scoring with a 4.9 average.

He transferred from OBU to OU were he played football and then worked for Commercial Credit and the U.S. Merchant Marine Service.

He was sports editor of the St. Joseph, Missouri,News Press from 1934-41, was a chief gunnery officer in the Navy in World War II, worked for the Missouri Division of Resources and Development, served as executive director of the American Motor Hotel Association, and ended his career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

He died in 1975.