Jack Landon

Jack Dean Landon, Sr.


Born:
October 19, 1925
Kremlin, OK

Died:
March 23, 2015
Sheridan, WY


Career
1940-41 Capitol Hill High School - Oklahoma City (High School)
1941-42 Capitol Hill High School - Oklahoma City (High School)
1942-43 Capitol Hill High School - Oklahoma City (High School)
1943-44 Oklahoma University (College)
1944-45 Oklahoma University (College)
1945-46 Oklahoma University (College)
1946-47 Oklahoma University (College)
1947-48 Tulsa Ranchers (PBLA)

Born in Kremlin, to Steve and Florence Landon, Landon was a four-time letterman in basketball at OU. He played for the Ranchers while finishing up his schooling, and took a job in Wyming with Kerr-McGee. He worked as a seismographer leading teams in searching for uranium deposits in the western United States. He eventually became a vice=president at Kerr-McGee before retiring in 1982.

Jack married Anna Mae Willis in 1948 and they had two sons and a daughter.


Source:
Obituary, Sheridan (Wy) Press, March 25, 2015

Stats:
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=landoja01
http://probasketballencyclopedia.com/player/jack-landon/