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Drew Pearson’s Selection to Pro Football Hall of Fame Makes it Four Former Tulsa Players


CANTON, Ohio –– With the announcement tonight that Drew Pearson will join the Pro Football Hall of Fame, The University of Tulsa will now have four former football student-athletes inducted into the Hall of Fame

The Tulsa alumni that Pearson joins in the Pro Football Hall of Fame are Bob St. Clair, a 1990 inductee, and 1995 inductees Jim Finks and Steve Largent.

Pearson played collegiately at Tulsa from 1970-72. He began his career as a quarterback and turned into a receiver for the Golden Hurricane.

Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Dallas Cowboys in 1973, Pearson went on to an 11-year NFL career.