Feb 7, 2021
Updated: Mar 28, 2021
Capitol Hill quarterback and future three-sport Oklahoma State star Dick Soergel (left). Douglass quarterback Russell Perry (right) demonstrates his vaunted jump pass form.
OKC Capitol Hill defender and future OSU star Jim Dobson drags down OKC Douglass’s Joe Bruner after a short gain.
“Two of Oklahoma’s mightiest football titans, Capitol Hill and Douglass, carry their proud records and traditions into an historic football engagement here Thursday night….It will be the first major game ever played in the state between white and Negro teams.”
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