Robert Bracey “R.B.” Lynam, a Shawnee High School star, played on OBU teams which won 81 games and lost 31. He was a member of squads which won three conference titles, captured three NAIA District 9 titles, and earned three trips to the NAIA National Tournament (1963, 1965, 1966). The 1965 squad finished as national runner-up and the 1966 team won OBU’s first national championship.

A 6-1 forward, Lynam scored 1,450 career points, which now ranks ninth in the OBU record book, and he averaged 12.3 with season averages of 6.2, 14.6, 15.4, and 12.4, respectively. He was a career 55 percent field goal and 72.3 percent free throw shooter. He averaged 5.4 rebounds per game.

He made the all-conference second team and the All NAIA National Tournament second team in 1965. In 1966 he was captain of the national championship team, scored 99 points in the five game national tournament, was a first team all-tournament selection, and won the tournament’s coveted Charles Stevenson Hustle Award. Lynam was an NAIA honorable mention All-America selection in 1965 and 1966.

He was drafted by Cincinnati Royals of the NBA in the 1966 draft and later played seven games with the Denver Rockets of the ABA.

Lynam also played three seasons of baseball for OBU. After graduation, he coached and taught and then entered private business. He later returned to teaching and now lives in Texas with his wife Sandi.