Former OU QB Jack Mitchell had profound impact
Jack Mitchell’s personality made him a winner as Bud Wilkinson ’s first Oklahoma quarterback and as a football coach who recruited Barry Switzer to the University of Arkansas .
"Jack was a great personality,” said Claude Arnold , a backup to Mitchell in 1948 who later quarterbacked OU to the 1950 national championship. "He had everybody in the palm of his hand.”
Mitchell di...
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