John A. Harts

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Jack Harts
College University of Oklahoma
Sport Football
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1895 Oklahoma

John A. "Jack" Harts was a student and teacher at the University of Oklahoma from Winfield, Kansas. He was also the first coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football team in 1895. At the university, he taught elocution.[1] He was the primary organizer of that first team made up of students and Norman, Oklahoma residents.[2] The team only played one game that year against a more experienced Oklahoma City town team. The upstart Sooners lost 0-34. Following that year, Harts left OU to prospect for gold in the Arctic.[1]

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Burr, Carol. "If you think football is just a kids' game, you didn't attend the University of Oklahoma", Sooner Magazine, Fall 1998, p. Inside front cover. 
  2. ^ Keith, Harold. "Football Ups and Downs", Sooner Magazine, September 1942, pp. 12-13, 54. 
Preceded by
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Oklahoma Sooners Head Coaches
1895
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Vernon Louis Parrington
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NAME Harts, John A.
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SHORT DESCRIPTION Football player and coach
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