[NCAA General Discussion] Voice Of The Sooners Bob Barry Sr. Dies

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Voice Of The Sooners Bob Barry Sr. Dies

Posted By: Sportsguy9695 10-30-2011 , 04:48 PM	#1

Bob Barry Sr., the longtime radio voice of Oklahoma football who was handpicked by Bud Wilkinson, has died."Bob Barry represented the best of the Sooner spirit," OU president David Boren said in a statement Sunday. "With his contagious enthusiasm, he was one of the best sports broadcast journalists in the entire nation. He was loved by Oklahomans all across our entire state and will be missed by all of us."The "Voice of the Sooners" from 1961-1972, then from 1991-2010 retired as OU's football and basketball play-by-play man in the spring. Barry also called Oklahoma State games from 1973-1990 before being hired back to OU.Barry's broadcasting career began in 1956 at a Norman radio station, as a salesman, disc jockey and sportscaster calling Norman High School football games. Because Wilkinson's sons had played at Norman High, Barry was asked to try out along with 13 others for the OU play-by-play job in '61.Barry, turned out, got the job."I never saw Bob have a bad day," said Toby Rowland, who replaced Barry as OU's radio play-by-play voice this season after working two years with Barry as the sideline repo.

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