biography
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Wilkinson, Bud
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popular name of Charles Burnham Wilkinson
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| male
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| lived:
| (1915–94)
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| biography:
| Coach of American football, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He coached the University of Oklahoma (1947–64) to three national titles, 12 consecutive Big Eight titles, and a National Collegiate Athletic Association record 47-game winning streak (1953–7). He headed President John F Kennedy's Physical Fitness Programme, and in 1964 he ran unsuccessfully for US senator from Oklahoma. |
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