|
Homer Paine (September 20, 1923 – July 5, 2010) was an American football tackle. He played college football at the University of Tulsa for one season and at the University of Oklahoma for three seasons. Paine was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference first team while at Tulsa, and he was twice named to all-conference first teams while at Oklahoma. After college, Paine played professional football for one season with the Chicago Hornets of the All-America Football Conference. He was selected in the 14th round of the 1946 NFL Draft. ==College career== He was born on September 20, 1923 in Hennessey, Oklahoma.〔(Homer Paine Statistics ), Pro Football Reference, retrieved July 18, 2009.〕 Paine attended Enid High School in Enid, Oklahoma, where he played football for the "Plainsmen".〔(Alumni ), Enid Plainsmen Football, retrieved July 17, 2009.〕〔(Enid celebrates a century of high school football ), ''The Enid News and Eagle'', August 29, 2007.〕 Paine initially attended college at the University of Tulsa where he played varsity football in 1942. During the regular season, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 10–0 record as the only undefeated team in the nation. Tulsa beat its five conference opponents to win the Missouri Valley Conference championship, and the Hurricane was invited to the 1943 Sugar Bowl. There, fourth-ranked Tulsa was finally defeated, 14–7, by the seventh-ranked favorites, Tennessee under head coach Robert Neyland.〔(Tennessee Whips Tulsa By 14-7 In Sugar Bowl ), ''Chicago Tribune'', January 2, 1943.〕 That season, Paine was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference first team.〔(History ), ''2008 University of Tulsa Football Media Guide'', p. 157, 2008.〕 In 1946, the University of Oklahoma hired a new head football coach, Jim Tatum. His recruiting strategy focused in part on luring to Oklahoma veterans who had played for the school's rivals before the war.〔(Head Coaches ), University of Oklahoma, April 28, 2009.〕 Instead of returning to Tulsa, Paine attended Oklahoma where he played for the Sooners from 1946 to 1948.〔(All-Time Letterwinners ), ''2009 Oklahoma Football Media Guide'', p. 186, 2009.〕 That made Paine part of Tatum's star-studded (and only) recruiting class at Norman, which included nine All-Americans.〔Gary King, (The Forgotten Man of Oklahoma Football: Jim Tatum ), ''Sooner Magazine'', University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc., Spring 2008.〕 Despite not receiving All-American honors himself, Paine was later still considered one of the "top players" at Oklahoma.〔(Charles "Bud" Wilkinson ), ''College Football Historical Society Newsletter'', Vol. VII, No. 4, August 1994, LA84 Foundation.〕 One author later described Paine's ability to "tell where the play was going from the pressure of the blocks, and he would try to get the jump on it, fight right into it."〔Keith, p. 51.〕 During the 1946 season, the Sooners compiled an 8–3 record and secured a share of the Big Six Conference championship.〔Ray Dozier, (''The Oklahoma Football Encyclopedia'' ), p. 91–94, Sports Publishing LLC, 2006, ISBN 1-58261-699-X.〕 Paine was named to that season's All-Big Six Conference first team.〔 After the season, Jim Tatum left for Maryland and was replaced by Bud Wilkinson in 1947.〔 In March 1948, Wilkinson accused a scout from the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference of attempting to sign three of his players: center John Rapacz, guard Buddy Burris, and Paine. The scout denied the charge, and insisted his visit to Oklahoma was licit. The scout said he was there at the behest of Burris who wanted to discuss his potential for a future professional career.〔(Brooklyn Denies Player Switch ), ''Spokane Daily Chronicle'', March 9, 1948.〕 During the 1948 season, Paine served as the captain on the Sugar Bowl championship team.〔Harold Keith, (''47 Straight: The Wilkinson Era at Oklahoma'' ), p. 48, University of Oklahoma Press, 2003, ISBN 0-8061-3569-7.〕 After the 1948 season, he was named to the All-Big Seven Conference first team.〔(All-Conference Honors ), ''2006 Oklahoma Football Media Guide'', p. 181, 2006.〕 The International News Service also named Paine as the left tackle on its All-Midlands team, across from fellow Sooner tackle Wade Walker.〔(Oklahoma Places Six on All-Midlands Team ), ''St. Petersburg Times'', November 27, 1948.〕 In a pessimistic assessment of Oklahoma's 1949 prospects, coach Wilkinson feared the loss of Paine, among other veterans, to graduation "could easily prove disastrous."〔(Oklahoma! Better than the Play ), ''Toledo Blade'', September 4, 1949.〕 His brother, Charles W. Paine, played for Oklahoma in the 1949 season.〔〔(Ronald E. Wills Obituary ), ''Enid News'', December 12, 2000.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homer Paine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|