Volume 9 , Issue 37

What A Statue! Perryan Creates Larger-Than-Life Billy Sims Tribute

This news article appeared in the Perry Daily Journal, Wednesday, September 12, 2007, headlines: "What A Statue! Perryan Creates Larger-Than-Life Billy Sims Tribute" - written by Hailey R. Branson, Correspondent.

This 9-foot, 6-inch heroic size statue of the 1978 Heisman Trophy winner, Billy Sims, was unveiled east of Gaylord Memorial Stadium hours before the kick-off, Saturday (Sept. 1, 2007) at OU's first home football game. And... a Perryan, Jim Franklin, was responsible for sculpting the statue. Franklin is an award winning sculptor with a studio on the south side of the square, in Perry, Oklahoma.

Sims' statue was the third of a planned four to be dedicated in OU's Heisman Park. Statues of 1952 Heisman winner Billy Vessels and 1969 winner Steve Owens were dedicated in 2005 and 2006, respectively. A statue of 2003 Heisman winner Jason White was dedicated Saturday, September 8, 2007. -- news clipping sent in by Roy K.
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