34 Facts About Red Conkright

Red Conkright was the captain of the Sooners team in 1936 and was named to a first-team all-Big Six Conference squad.

Red Conkright was drafted in 1937 by the NFL's Chicago Bears.

Red Conkright played two seasons for the Bears, serving mainly as a backup center and occasionally playing as an end.

Red Conkright played for the Washington Redskins and Brooklyn Dodgers in 1943 before returning to the Rams briefly in 1944.

Red Conkright scouted and coached for the Rams in 1944 and 1945, and moved to the Cleveland Browns of the new All-America Football Conference in 1946.

Red Conkright worked as an assistant coach for two more AAFC teams in the late 1940s.

Red Conkright got his first head coaching job in 1959 at Stephen F Austin State University.

In 1962, Conkright was hired as an assistant coach and director of player personnel by the Oakland Raiders in the American Football League.

Red Conkright's Raiders managed to win just one game that year, and he was replaced in 1963 by Al Davis.

Red Conkright went on to work for two years as an assistant with the Houston Oilers.

Red Conkright was born in Beggs, Oklahoma and went to a high school in Tulsa, where he was a football star.

Red Conkright was nicknamed "Red" because of his red hair.

Red Conkright attended the University of Oklahoma and played varsity college football during the 1934,1935, and 1936 seasons.

Red Conkright was the team's captain as a senior in 1936, and was named a first-team All-Big Six Conference center.

Red Conkright was selected in the fifth round of the 1937 draft by the Chicago Bears of the National Football League.

Red Conkright was a third-string center for the Bears behind Frank Bausch and Frank Sullivan with the Bears, and saw little action in the two years he played for the team.

Red Conkright was occasionally used as an end in his first season.

Red Conkright was sold to the Cleveland Rams ahead of the 1939 season in a cash deal that did not involve any other players.

Red Conkright became the regular starter at center for the Rams midway through 1939, replacing Chuck Cherundolo.

Red Conkright broke his leg in the second game of the 1940 season and sat out the rest of the year.

Red Conkright came back to play full seasons for the Rams in 1941 and 1942.

Red Conkright returned to the Rams in 1944 and was expected to be used as a regular left end.

Red Conkright saw action in only one game his final appearance in the NFL.

Red Conkright was then placed on the inactive list and converted into an assistant coach and scout for the Rams.

Red Conkright remained with the Rams through the 1945 season, when the team won the NFL championship.

Rams owner Dan Reeves moved the team to Los Angeles after the season, but Red Conkright decided to stay in Cleveland, where he and his family lived.

Red Conkright took a job as a scout and coach for the Cleveland Browns, a team that was to start play in 1946 in the new All-America Football Conference.

Red Conkright was joined by five former Rams players who switched to the Browns when the Rams moved, including center Mike Scarry, tackle Chet Adams and backs Gaylon Smith, Tommy Colella and Don Greenwood.

Red Conkright spent a year as Cleveland's end and center coach under head coach Paul Brown as the team won the 1946 AAFC championship.

Red Conkright signed as an end and center coach for the AAFC's Buffalo Bills in April 1947.

Red Conkright convinced the Bills to put into place Brown's version of the T formation offense, and the team improved in the 1947 and 1948 seasons.

Red Conkright took a job as an end and center coach for Mississippi State College in 1950 and spent two seasons there.

Red Conkright resigned as Austin's head coach late in November 1961.

Red Conkright was an assistant for the Oilers in 1963 and 1964.