Norman Leard

Normal Leard
Biographical details
Sport(s)	Football
Born	March 23, 1875 Le Flore County, Oklahoma
Died	July 1961 Hugo, Oklahoma
Alma mater	Kendall College
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1895-1897	Kendall

Joseph Norman Leard (March 23, 1875 - July 1961) was an American football coach and secretary to Green McCurtain, principal chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. He was one-thirty-second Choctaw origin and attended in the Indian schools in Oklahoma.^[1] He was the head football coach for the Kendall Orange and Black football team from 1895 to 1897.^[2] In addition to being the coach, he was also the captain and quarterback of Kendall's first football team.^[3]

References

↑ "J. N. Leard, 86, Choctaw Notable, Dies". The Paris (TX) News. July 21, 1961. p. 4.
↑ "Tulsa Yearly Results (1895–1899)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
↑ Bill Thompson (November 8, 1954). "1895 Grid Star Nixes New Game". The Paris (TX) News. p. 7.

Tulsa Golden Hurricane head football coaches

Norman Leard (1895–1897) Fred Taylor (1898–1899) Unknown (1900–1902) No team (1903–1904) Unknown (1905) No team (1906–1907) Sam P. McBirney (1908) Unknown (1909–1910) No team (1911) Harvey L. Allen (1912) George "Red" Evans (1913) Sam P. McBirney (1914–1916) Hal Mefford (1917) Arthur Smith (1918) Francis Schmidt (1919–1921) Howard Acher (1922–1924) Gus Henderson (1925–1935) Vic Hurt (1936–1938) Chet Benefiel (1939–1940) Henry Frnka (1941–1945) Buddy Brothers (1946–1952) Bernie Witucki (1953–1954) Bobby Dobbs (1955–1960) Glenn Dobbs (1961–1968) Vince Carillot (1969) Claude "Hoot" Gibson (1970–1972) F. A. Dry (1972–1976) John Cooper (1977–1984) Don Morton (1985–1986) George Henshaw (1987) David Rader (1988–1999) Pat Henderson # (1999) Keith Burns (2000–2002) Steve Kragthorpe (2003–2006) Todd Graham (2007–2010) Bill Blankenship (2011–2014) Philip Montgomery (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

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