FCA legend Faye O'Dell dies; ‘He was one special man'

 
By Berry Tramel
Published: February 26, 2008

EDMOND — Faye O'Dell shared his secret on how to get an injured football player off the ground quickly.

O'Dell would kneel down to the boy and whisper in his ear. "You'd better get up, because your mother's coming out here.”

Worked almost every time.

O'Dell was a U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and Oklahoma high school football coach but was best known for his inspirational speaking, which over...


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