READ TODAY'S STORIES AND E-EDITION SUBSCRIBE |  CONTACT US |  SIGN IN
Sports Extra!



SPORTS EXTRA BLOGS

FOR THE RECORD
LOCAL PROS

ALL SPORTS

PHOTOS & VIDEOS

OUTDOORS

FIND A STORY

EMAIL ALERTS

SOCIAL MEDIA

RSS FEEDS

CONTACT US
BUY PHOTOS & PAGES

ADVERTISE ON SPORTS EXTRA


Print story only Print story with comments Email Twitter Facebook Pinterest
Roderick Leaves Large Legacy
Published: 12/29/2011 3:32 PM
Last Modified: 12/29/2011 3:32 PM

Myron Roderick was one of the greatest coaches in any sport in the history of Oklahoma.
He coached a national championship team when he was 23-years-old. He won seven national championships in 13 years.
As a wrestler, he was 42-2 and won three national championship.
Roderick was a winner by every definition of the word.
Roderick, a legendary figure in Oklahoma State sports, has died at 77.
He was one of the greatest wrestling coaches in the history of the sport.
He later took over the United State Wrestling Federation and pushed to build the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater.
He was also OSU’s athletic director 1983-90. During those seven years OSU won 30 Big Eight championships and four national titles.
In other words, success always surrounded Roderick.
He will be missed by far more than the OSU community. He is a legendary figure in United States wrestling and sports in Oklahoma.
He will be missed by those of us who looked at him as one of the greats because he truly was.



Reader Comments 2 Total
228653 (last year)
Thank you, John Klien, for the wonderful tribute to a bigger than life man, Myron Roderick. Our coaching world would be a better place if more would follow his example.
                    
228653 (last year)
Sorry for typo of your name, Mr. Klein.
2 comments displayed


To post comments on tulsaworld.com, you must be an active Tulsa World print or digital subscriber and signed into your account.


Klein's Korner

Tulsa World senior sports columnist John Klein is in his fourth decade of covering sports. He started his newspaper career at The Daily Ardmoreite in 1977 and moved to the Tulsa World in 1978. He served 10 years as sports editor for the Tulsa World before being named to his current position in 2005. He also spent five years as the Southwest Conference beat writer for the Houston Post. He has won many writing awards and is a former Oklahoma Sports Writer of the Year.

Follow John Klein on Twitter

Subscribe to this blog



Archive

 
John Klein's Blog Archive:

2/2013  1/2013  12/2012  11/2012  10/2012  9/2012  
8/2012  7/2012  6/2012  5/2012  4/2012  3/2012  
2/2012  1/2012  12/2011  11/2011  10/2011  9/2011  
8/2011  7/2011  6/2011  5/2011  4/2011  3/2011  
2/2011  1/2011  12/2010  11/2010  10/2010  9/2010  
8/2010  7/2010  6/2010  5/2010  4/2010  3/2010  
2/2010  1/2010  12/2009  11/2009  10/2009  9/2009  
8/2009  7/2009  6/2009  5/2009  4/2009  3/2009  
2/2009  1/2009  12/2008  11/2008  10/2008  9/2008  
8/2008  7/2008  6/2008  5/2008  4/2008  3/2008  
2/2008  1/2008  12/2007  11/2007  10/2007  9/2007  
8/2007  7/2007  6/2007  5/2007  4/2007  3/2007  
2/2007  1/2007  12/2006  11/2006  10/2006  9/2006  
8/2006  





Home | Contact Us | Search | Subscribe | Customer Service | About | Advertise
Copyright © 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.