Doyle Jennings
1958 · Round 14 · Pick 164 · T · Pittsburgh Steelers
Doyle Jennings played T at Oklahoma and was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in round 14, pick 164, of the 1958 draft. Note: there is no Wikipedia article on him. Pro Football Reference has no player page for him. SoonerStats lists him on OU's roster 1955-57 (5-10, 217 lb in 1957). SoonerStats gives his full name as Doyle D. Jennings. It gives his hometown as Lawton, OK and his high school as Lawton. Pro Football Archives lists him as a letterman at Oklahoma in 1955, 1956 and 1957. It gives his birth as August 24, 1936 Cordell, OK. It records his death as March 31, 2004 West Monroe, LA. A 2005 Daily Oklahoman "where are they now" feature lists him as a tackle from 1955 to 1957, from Lawton, and a one-year starter; it says that after OU he was an Equitable Life Assurance agent in West Monroe, La., and that he died in 2004. A 1994 Daily Oklahoman article says he donated to the university an oil portrait of Bud Wilkinson and the hat Wilkinson wore during the 47-game winning streak.
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https://soonersports.com/sports/2019/8/13/208798496 | https://soonerstats.com/football/players/details.cfm?playerid=793 | https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/j/jenn00250.html | Daily Oklahoman, October 26, 2005, "OU's 1955 and 1956 national champions - Where are they now?" (via NewsBank) | The Daily Oklahoman, September 18, 1994, "OU Pays Tribute To Wilkinson" (via NewsBank)