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Oklahoma football: Top 7 offensive linemen in last 75 years of Sooner football

By Timothy Bailey

Oct 4, 2008; Waco, TX, USA; Oklahoma Sooners offensive lineman Trent Williams (71) blocks Baylor Bears defensive end Leon Freeman (49) at Floyd Casey Stadium. Mandatory Credit: James Lang-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 4, 2008; Waco, TX, USA; Oklahoma Sooners offensive lineman Trent Williams (71) blocks Baylor Bears defensive end Leon Freeman (49) at Floyd Casey Stadium. Mandatory Credit: James Lang-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oklahoma Sooners fans wait to enter the east side of the stadium before the game against the Kansas Jayhawks at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images)
Oklahoma Sooners fans wait to enter the east side of the stadium before the game against the Kansas Jayhawks at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty Images) /

No. 7 — Kurt Burris (Center)

Kurt Burris finished second in Heisman Trophy voting back in 1954. The two-way star is actually enshrined into the College Football Hall of Fame as a linebacker! True throwback! His brother was the great Paul “Buddy” Burris, who just missed out on this list, as well.

Buddy was a first-round pick of the Cleveland Browns in 1955. In those days it paid more to play in Canada, so Burris headed north and played until 1960, winning two Grey Cups!

In 2015, Berry Tramel, sports columnist for The Oklahoman newspaper wrote this about OU All-American Kurt Burris:

"“Burris, a tough-blocking center and ferocious-hitting linebacker, was a team leader of the highest order. Hearing Burris’ brothers talk about him is like hearing Dewey and Lee Roy Selmon talk about their older brother Lucious. Nobody messed with Lucious Selmon, and nobody messed with Kurt Burris. “Burris was tough, maybe even mean, on the football field, but the best word to describe Burris was authoritative. Kurt Burris was boss.” Next: No. 6 C Tom Brahaney"

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