Education University of Oklahoma Name Buddy Leake | College Oklahoma Position(s) RB/QB/K | |
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Date of birth (1933-05-25)May 25, 1933 Date of death February 18, 2014(2014-02-18) (aged 80) Place of death Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Died February 18, 2014, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States | ||
Place of birth Memphis, Tennessee | ||
John E. "Buddy" Leake, Jr. (May 25, 1933 – February 18, 2014) was an American award-winning quarterback and kicker with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Canadian Football League.
Leake was a star player with the Oklahoma Sooners. He played in Canada with the Blue Bombers for 3 seasons, his best being 1956, when he scored 103 points (10 touchdowns, 30 converts, 4 field goals, 1 single) and won the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy.
After leaving football, Leake raised his 8 children with his wife, Carolyn in Memphis, Tennessee before eventually moving to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1979. On February 18, 2014, Leake died at the age of 80 in Oklahoma City.
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