Tom Churchill (athlete)

Tom Churchill
Tom Churchill
	Churchill's OU basketball photo
College	Oklahoma
Conference	Missouri Valley (1927–28) ; Big Six (1928–30)
Sport	Baseball; Basketball; Football
Position	Pitcher; Forward; End
Born	February 26, 1908; Blair, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	April 29, 1963 (aged 55); Sacramento, California, U.S.
High school	Central (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Honors
	Basketball: NCAA All-American (1929); All-Big Six (1929); Football: Third-team All-American (1929); 2× First-team All-Big Six (1928, 1929); Participated in East–West Shrine Game (1929);
Championships
	Basketball: Missouri Valley (1928); Big Six (1929); Baseball: Big Six (1930);

Thomas Churchill Sr. (February 26, 1908 – April 29, 1963)^[1] was an American star athlete in the 1920s who participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands as a decathlete, and was a multi-sport standout for the University of Oklahoma between 1927–28 and 1929–30.^[2]

^ Goins, Charles Robert (2006). Historical Atlas of Oklahoma. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-0-8061-3483-3.
^ "Tom Churchill". The Jim Thorpe Association. Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 5, 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Tom Churchill
Churchill's OU basketball photo
College	Oklahoma
Conference	Missouri Valley (1927–28) Big Six (1928–30)
Sport	Baseball Basketball Football
Position	Pitcher Forward End
Born	February 26, 1908 Blair, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	(1963-04-29)April 29, 1963 (aged 55) Sacramento, California, U.S.
High school	Central (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Honors
Basketball: NCAA All-American (1929) All-Big Six (1929) Football: Third-team All-American (1929) 2× First-team All-Big Six (1928, 1929) Participated in East–West Shrine Game (1929)
Championships
Basketball: Missouri Valley (1928) Big Six (1929) Baseball: Big Six (1930)