Prentice Gautt (February 8, 1938 – March 17, 2005) was an American football running back for the University of Oklahoma football team from 1956 to 1959. Gautt was the first black football …

GAUTT, PRENTICE (1938–2005). Integration was proceeding slowly in Oklahoma during the fall of 1956 when Prentice Gautt joined the University of Oklahoma (OU) Sooners football squad …

Mar 17, 2005 · Checkout the latest stats for Prentice Gautt. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, college, draft, and more on Pro-football-reference.com.

Gautt, who died March 17, 2005, is often remembered for stories similar to the one above. He was the first black football player on scholarship at the University of Oklahoma in 1956, paving the...

Feb 28, 2022 · If you’re an Oklahoma fan, you may have heard the name Prentice Gautt, and, if you haven’t, here is a history lesson.Prentice Gautt was a trailblazer at Douglass High School …

Prentice Gautt, a Sooner legend and a leading intercollegiate athletics administrator, began his athletics career as a pioneer in breaking Oklahoma racial barriers, and his legacy will endure …

Prentice Gautt became the first African-American to make the football team at the University of Oklahoma. He went on to be named 1959 Orange Bowl MVP and later inducted into the …