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70.233.162.120 23:37, 28 September 2007 (UTC)Cliff Speegle was my father. He was an All-State football player for Capitol Hill High School in 1935 when the All-State team had eleven members. He was also an All-State Basketball player. He played center on the first University of Oklahoma football team to play in the Orange Bowl, January 1939, against Tennessee. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps after graduation and was a B-26 pilot. He was released from the Army in time to play for the Chicago Cardinals professional football team in 1945. He later was an assistant coach at Oklahoma A&M 1947-1949. He was an assistant football coach at Colgate University 1950-1953, and with the Edmonton Eskimos pro team in 1954. He was head coach at Oklahoma State University 1955-1962. He was an assistant coach of the Toronto Argonaugts in 1963-1964, and was the offensive coordinator for Texas Western 1965-1966. He was named Commissioner of Officials for the Southwest Athletic Conference 1967-1972, and was the Commissioner of the Southwest Athletic Conference 1973-1982.

Clifton Max Speegle September 28, 2007 mspeegle@sbcglobal.net