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Dewey Luster Sport(s) Football Biographical details Born February 1, 1899 Place of birth Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation Died October 13, 1980 (aged 81) Place of death Norman, Oklahoma Playing career 1917–1920 Oklahoma Position(s) Defensive back Coaching career (HC unless noted) 1941–1945 Oklahoma Head coaching record Overall 27–18–3 Statistics College Football Data Warehouse Accomplishments and honors Championships 2 Big Six (1943–1944) Dewey William "Snorter" Luster (February 1, 1899 – October 13, 1980) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Oklahoma from 1941 to 1945, compiling a record of 27–18–3. Luster was also a player on the Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1917 to 1920 under head coach Bennie Owen and was the captain of the 1920 undefeated team.
Luster was born in Tahlequah, capital of the Cherokee Nation, the son of Otis V. and Callie (Bates) Luster. His father was a merchant and later a newspaper editor in Pauls Valley.
Luster's tenure as head coach at Oklahoma was complicated by World War II. In the six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, nearly 60 Sooner athletes in all sports had enlisted in some branch of the armed services and more continued to enlist as the war progressed.[1] Luster resigned as head coach almost immediately after his Sooner team lost 47–0 to Oklahoma A&M on November 24, 1945. His official reason for his resignation was "poor health."[2]
Head coaching record
Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs Oklahoma Sooners (Big Six Conference) (1941–1945) 1941 Oklahoma 6–3 3–2 T–2nd 1942 Oklahoma 3–5–2 3–1–1 2nd 1943 Oklahoma 7–2 5–0 1st 1944 Oklahoma 6–3–1 4–0–1 1st 1945 Oklahoma 5–5 4–1 2nd Oklahoma: 27–18–3 18–4–2 Total: 27–18–3 National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title References
- ^ Keith, Harold (July 1942). "Sooner Sports". Sooner Magazine. pp. 15. http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/sooner/articles/p15_1942v14n11_OCR.pdf.
- ^ Keith, Harold (January 1946). "Sooner Sports". Sooner Magazine. pp. 6. http://digital.libraries.ou.edu/sooner/articles/p6-7_1946v18n5_OCR.pdf.
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Oklahoma Sooners head football coaches John A. Harts (1895) • No coach (1896) • Vernon Louis Parrington (1897–1900) • Fred Roberts (1901) • Mark McMahon (1902–1903) • Fred Ewing (1904) • Bennie Owen (1905–1926) • Adrian Lindsey (1927–1931) • Lewie Hardage (1932–1934) • Biff Jones (1935–1936) • Thomas E. Stidham (1937–1940) • Dewey Luster (1941–1945) • Jim Tatum (1946) • Bud Wilkinson (1947–1963) • Gomer Jones (1964–1965) • Jim MacKenzie (1966) • Chuck Fairbanks (1967–1972) • Barry Switzer (1973–1988) • Gary Gibbs (1989–1994) • Howard Schnellenberger (1995) • John Blake (1996–1998) • Bob Stoops (1999– )
Categories:- 1899 births
- 1980 deaths
- Oklahoma Sooners football coaches
- Oklahoma Sooners football players
- University of Oklahoma alumni
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