The Sooner that started it all is Billy Vessels. Vessels entered the national spotlight in his 1952 Heisman season that included an historic college football game. From his high school field in ...

This year marks the 70th Anniversary of Billy Vessels winning the Heisman Trophy — the first University of Oklahoma gridder to claim that honor. He was the first of seven Sooner to collect the Heisman ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Billy Vessels, the elusive Oklahoma halfback who won the 1952 Heisman Trophy, died Saturday. He was 70. He died at his South Florida home after a long illness, said his son, ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Billy Vessels, the elusive Oklahoma halfback who won the 1952 Heisman Trophy, died Saturday. He was 70. He died at his South Florida home after a long illness, said his son, ...

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LUBBOCK, TEXAS -- This one was for the Sooner who started it all at Oklahoma when it came to winning national championships and Heisman Trophies and football excellence. On a day when OU lost one of ...