Wade Watts, was an African American gospel preacher and civil rights activist from Oklahoma, he has been cited as a mentor by which former congressman, an American politician from Oklahoma who was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League?
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Wade Watts Wade Watts (23 September 1919 – 13 December 1998) was an African American gospel preacher and civil rights activist from Oklahoma. He served as the state president of the Oklahoma chapter of the NAACP for sixteen years, challenging the Ku Klux Klan through Christian love doctrine. He worked with Thurgood Marshall and developed a friendship with Martin Luther King during the American civil rights movement, and has been cited as a mentor by the current leader of the NAACP in Oklahoma, Miller Newman, and his nephew, former congressman, J. C. Watts.
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J. C. Watts Julius Caesar "J. C." Watts Jr. (born November 18, 1957) is an American politician from Oklahoma who was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. Watts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District.
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Tyrone Ellis (politician) Tyrone Ellis (born July 31, 1946) is an American pastor and politician. He is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 38th District, being first elected in 1979. He is a member of the Democratic party.
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Wade Istchenko Wade Istchenko is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 and 2016 elections. A former Cabinet minister, he currently represents the rural Yukon district of Kluane as a member of the opposition Yukon Party caucus.
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Wade Wilson (American football) Charles Wade Wilson (born February 1, 1959) is an American football coach and former quarterback who played for the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons, New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys and the Oakland Raiders in a seventeen-year career from 1981 to 1998 in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently the quarterbacks coach for the Dallas Cowboys, a position he has held since 2007. He played college football for Texas A&M University-Commerce (formerly East Texas State), where he was an NAIA All-American Quarterback and led the Lions to the NAIA national semifinals during the 1980 season.
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Ricky Williams Errick Lynne "Ricky" Williams Jr. (born May 21, 1977) is a retired American football running back who played twelve seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the University of Texas, where he was a two-time All-American and won the Heisman Trophy. Williams was drafted by the New Orleans Saints fifth overall in the 1999 NFL Draft and spent three seasons with the team before he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in 2002. He played for the Dolphins for two seasons, and retired for the first time from football in 2004. Due to his suspension from the NFL in 2006, he played for the Toronto Argonauts that year. Williams re-joined the Dolphins in 2007 and played with them until 2010, and spent the 2011 season with the Baltimore Ravens. He was formerly an assistant football coach at the University of the Incarnate Word and is currently a football analyst for ESPN's Longhorn Network. In 2015, Williams was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Johnnie Crutchfield Johnnie C. Crutchfield (born February 16, 1947) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1998 to 2010, representing District 14, which included Carter, Garvin, Love and Murray counties.
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Sandy Stephens Sanford Emory Stephens II (September 21, 1940 – June 6, 2000) was an American college football player and civic leader. Stephens was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area city of Uniontown, Pennsylvania and is best known for his career as a college football quarterback at the University of Minnesota, where he became one of the first African-American quarterbacks in major college football and the first African American to be named an All-American at quarterback. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
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Stefan LeFors Stefan Wayne LeFors (born June 7, 1981) is a former quarterback in American and Canadian football who is currently a high school coach. He was originally drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fourth round (121st overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played collegiately at Louisville.
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Bubba Wyche Bubba Wyche (born April 4, 1946) is a former American and Canadian football quarterback in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and World Football League (WFL). He played in the CFL for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the WFL for the Chicago Fire, Detroit Wheels, and Shreveport Steamer. Wyche played college football at Tennessee.
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Clint Longley Howard Clinton "Clint" Longley, Jr. (born July 28, 1952) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League and Canadian Football League. He played two seasons for the Dallas Cowboys (1974–1975) and one for the San Diego Chargers (1976). Longley earned his nickname the "Mad Bomber" for bouncing passes off of Coach Tom Landry's coaching tower in the Cowboys' training camp. He played college football at Abilene Christian University.
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Cory Paus Cory Robert Paus (born April 4, 1980) is a former Canadian football quarterback in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at UCLA. He played one year in the CFL for the Calgary Stampeders.
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Kendall Hunter Kendall Bernell Hunter (born September 16, 1988) is a Canadian football running back for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for Oklahoma State University, and earned consensus All-American honors. The San Francisco 49ers selected him in the fourth round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
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Herb Rozell Herbert J. Rozell (born November 30, 1931) is an American former politician in the state of Oklahoma.
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Bo Bolinger Virgilee Clinton "Bo" Bolinger (December 26, 1932 – August 5, 2011) was an American football guard who played one season with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) in the thirteenth round of the 1956 NFL Draft. Bolinger played college football at the University of Oklahoma and attended Central High School in Muskogee, Oklahoma. He was a consensus All-American in 1955.
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Tom Emerson (Canadian football) Tom Emerson (born c. 1935) is a former Canadian football player who played for the Edmonton Eskimos. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma.
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Zeke Martin Cecil Francis "Zeke" Martin (September 26, 1924 - November 27, 2006) is a former college and pro athlete, high school coach, businessman and mayor from Denton, TX. He was a two-time all-conference quarterback at North Texas State College from 1947 to 1950 and had previously started 1 game for the Texas Longhorns football team in 1944. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in 1951 and played professionally for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Canada during the 1951 season. He coached high school football for nearly a decade and then became a successful businessman, the mayor of Denton, Texas and a candidate for the Texas state legislature.
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Floyd Harrawood Floyd Harrawood (born September 8, 1929) is a former Canadian football player who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders. He played college football at the University of Tulsa.
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Ron Johnson (quarterback) Ron Johnson (born c. 1948) was a Canadian football player who played for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He played college football at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater.
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Vic Washington Victor Arnold Washington (March 23, 1946 – December 31, 2008) is a former American football running back and kick returner. After attending the University of Wyoming, he played nine professional seasons, three in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and six in the National Football League (NFL).
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Paul Brothers (Canadian football) Paul Brothers (born April 18, 1945) is a former American football quarterback who played five seasons in the Canadian Football League with the BC Lions and Ottawa Rough Riders. Brothers was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the sixteenth round of the 1967 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State University and attended Roseburg High School in Roseburg, Oregon.
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Mark Rypien Mark Robert Rypien (born October 2, 1962) is a former football player, a quarterback. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) in the 6th round of the 1986 NFL draft. He is the first Canadian-born quarterback to start in the NFL and win the Super Bowl MVP award, doing so in Super Bowl XXVI.