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OU football All-American Eddie Foster dies

Eddie Foster, who was a captain on Oklahoma's undefeated Big Eight championship team in 1973, passed away this week according to former OU coach Barry Switzer.


1969 Boomers football team: front row, from left, Larry Roach, Dan Ruster, Dave Robertson, Bill Steen, Joseph Bock, Mike Struck, Joe Wylie, Gary Rhynes, Cliff Hullinger, Steve Dodd. Second row: Leon Crosswhite, Froman Johnson, A.G. Perryman, Steve Bump, Dave Garrison, Ken Hulstein, Vic Kearney, Richard Berryhill, Eddie Foster, Tom Brahaney, Art Talkington. Third row: Coach Jerry Pettibone, Dean Unruh, Tom Meason, Danny Mullen, Neil Acker, Haynes McBride, Raymond Hamilton, Jon Milstead, John McLaughlin,Dennis Cumbach, Bill Orendorff, Gary Baccus.