Cliff Speegle
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 5, 1917 Roosevelt, Oklahoma |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Dallas, Texas |
| Playing career | |
| 1938–1940 | Oklahoma |
| 1945 | Chicago Cardinals |
| Position(s) | Center |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1952–1953 | Colgate (line) |
| 1954 | Edmonton Eskimos (line) |
| 1955–1962 | Oklahoma A&M/State |
| 1963–1964 | Toronto Argonauts (assistant) |
| 1965–1966 | Texas Western (assistant) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1973–1982 | SWC (commissioner) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 36–42–3 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Statistics | |
Clifton M. Speegle (November 4, 1917 – September 5, 1994) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater from 1955 to 1962, compiling a record of 36–42–3. During his tenure, Oklahoma State was 0–8 in the Bedlam Series, their rivalry game against the Oklahoma Sooners. Speegle was fired in 1962. He played college football at the University of Oklahoma from 1938 to 1940.
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AP# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma A&M Aggies (Missouri Valley Conference) (1955–1956) | |||||||||
| 1955 | Oklahoma A&M | 2–8 | 1–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 1956 | Oklahoma A&M | 3–5–2 | 2–1–1 | T–2nd | |||||
| Oklahoma State Cowboys (Independent) (1957–1959) | |||||||||
| 1957 | Oklahoma State | 6–3–1 | |||||||
| 1958 | Oklahoma State | 8–3 | W Bluegrass | 19 | |||||
| 1959 | Oklahoma State | 6–4 | |||||||
| Oklahoma State Cowboys (Big Eight Conference) (1960–1962) | |||||||||
| 1960 | Oklahoma State | 3–7 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1961 | Oklahoma State | 4–6 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 1962 | Oklahoma State | 4–6 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
| Oklahoma A&M/State: | 36–42–3 | 9–19–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 36–42–3 | ||||||||
| #Rankings from final AP Poll. | |||||||||
References
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- Cliff Speegle at the College Football Data Warehouse
- Cliff Speegle at Pro-Football-Reference.com
- Cliff Speegle's obituary
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